Granger died seven weeks later. That last recording has become “Courtney Granger & Cedric Watson: Cajun & Creole Music of Louisiana,” a two-vinyl, 16-song collection on APO Records of Salina, Kansas.

Born in Church Point in 1929, Ellis Vanicor's Cajun sound would become indelibly linked with a little community smack in the middle of Jennings and Lake Charles — Lacassine. A self-taught fiddler, ...

An Elgin congregation will welcome Southern folk music in the person of Gina Forsythe to Highland Avenue Coffeehouse stage on Friday, Sept. 13. New Orleans-based Forsyth is an award-winning ...

Grammy-award winning Cajun fiddler Louis Michot is headed to New Orleans for a solo performance. The member of the Lost Bayou Ramblers will combine his love of Louisiana French music with new boundary ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO)— Ahead of the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, Louisiana singer and fiddler Amanda Shaw is releasing a new song honoring New Orleans. Shaw lived through Hurricane Katrina, and ...

Born near Church Point, Louisiana to a farming family, Iry LeJeune (1928-1955), near blind from birth, turned to music as a young child. It was his cousin, Angeles LeJeune, who first introduced him to ...

Cajun fiddler Michael Doucet isn't exactly over the top about his longtime Cajun band BeauSoleil winning its second Grammy Award this year. Doucet would have preferred to have won for his solo ...

“When I first heard Harry Choates, that was it,” Hadley Castille explains about how his lifelong vocation as a Cajun fiddler came to be. Castille wasn’t the only one affected by Choates’ inventive ...

JENNINGS, La. — Registration is open for the seventh annual “Battle of the Bows” Cajun Fiddle Competition. The competition is open to all Cajun-style fiddle playing. This year’s event will be held ...

Jennings, LA - The historic Strand Theater in Jennings will host Louisiana's premier Cajun fiddle competition on November 1, featuring multiple age categories and $3,400 in prize money. The 9th Annual ...