A Cajun band from Louisiana will perform Thursday at Empire Arts Center in Grand Forks and highlight a Chautauqua and French Festival of heritage and culture Aug. 21-23 at Old Crossing and Treaty Park ...

ERATH — It was French that attracted the Acadians to Louisiana. After years of imprisonment, Joseph Beausoleil Broussard brought his band of Acadians to the West Indies and then followed his people's ...

There's a little radio station in south Louisiana. It's been on the air for nearly 70 years, doing everything it can to keep alive a dying language. That's Cajun French. On Saturday mornings, it ...

When Council for the Development of French in Louisiana Chairman James Domengeaux and a group of academics, activists and musicians decided to throw a concert celebrating Cajun music and culture in ...

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - Cajun music sings in the hearts of many in Southwest Louisiana and seven people were inducted into the Cajun French Music Hall of Fame Sunday. The morning was filled with ...

Last month, KVPI, a commercial radio station in Ville Platte, Louisiana, was awarded the “Uniquely Louisiana” award from the Louisiana Association of Broadcasters. The award was due in large part to ...

On Louisiana Considered, we take a trip to Fred’s Lounge, a world-famous bar that offers visitors music, dancing and a Cajun French radio broadcast. We also learn why many doctors in states with new ...

The return of Festival International was marked with five days of music, dancing and the joy of being able to gather for both. But the influence of Francophonie in Louisiana is not done just yet. In ...

Juliet Varnedoe has a unique American jazz voice sharing the joie de vivre of the Cajun people. New York-based singer songwriter Juliet Varnedoe developed her musical foundation in the bayou lands of ...

Acadians across Louisiana are expected to gather Oct. 1-9 to celebrate and preserve their culture and heritage by sharing their food, music, language and history during the Great Acadian ...