Two hours west of New Orleans, the town of Opelousas is one of the best places to experience this irresistibly toe-tapping music genre created by Louisiana’s Black Creole community.

Let’s jump to the most important aspect of this weekend’s Louisiana Cajun-Zydeco Festival in the French Quarter: “If you are by yourself, watching a band, you won’t be alone for long, because someone ...

When "60 Minutes" came to the Lafayette area last fall to film a segment on Cajun and zydeco music, they were confronted with the energy of a thriving cultural scene. CBS correspondent Jon Wertheim ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Members of the Cajun band T'Monde are young, but they like their music old. The band of 20-somethings opened the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival Friday with century-old, ...

The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation will present the Louisiana Cajun-Zydeco Concert Series, an event series that celebrates the vibrant music of Louisiana. From June 2 to June 17, the George ...

For a place perhaps best known for its great collection of dead stuff, there should be plenty of life Saturday night at the Field Museum of Natural History when the Cajun and Zydeco Music Fest gets ...

The Grammy Award categories for the upcoming year have been pared down to 78 categories from 109, and one of those that lost out was the Best Zydeco or Cajun Album award. was part of the now heavily ...

South Louisiana music boosters spent years lobbying the Recording Academy to create a Cajun or zydeco category for the Grammy Awards. Their victory proved to be short-lived. Chris Granger / The ...

Cajun/Zydeco dance lesson at 8 pm; Show at 8:30 pm. You can’t get much more authentic than Andrew Carriere, especially when he’s backed by his top-notch Zydeco/Cajun Allstars. A native of Southern ...

Couples spin and turn, rocking back and forth, swinging apart and then dipping close. An accordion alternates its pumping pulse with a funky bass riff forcing your shoulders to jump in time to the ...

As the National Museum of African American Music opens its doors, journalists from the USA TODAY Network explore the stories, places and people who helped make music what it is today in our expansive ...