This week on American Routes Shortcuts, we revisit a 2002 conversation with the band Feufollet. Multi-instrumentalist Chris Stafford passed away in May 2024. He was 36. On the Cajun side of French ...

Louisiana has always been a state that dances to its own beat. That beat might be a jazz brunch in Lake Charles, Cajun dance at a traditional pig roast in Baton Rouge, or swamp pop blasting out a ...

This is an updated version of a story first published on May 18, 2025. The original video can be viewed here. The idea that this country has become one big, bland, conformist culture, the United ...

The late Clifton Chenier, Zydeco pioneer known for his Creole-inspired sound rooted in blues, Cajun and R&B, is being bolstered by the music community on his 100th birthday. To mark the occasion and ...

A dance floor is a place of joy, where people have a chance to do more than listen to music — they can really experience it, adding their own creativity to the infectious beats that fill the air ...

European zydeco band the Cajun Roosters earned a 2014 Prix d’Hors award from the Cajun French Music Association for their 2013 album Hell Yeah!, marking the first time a non-American band has won in ...

For New Orleans fiddler Amanda Shaw, Cajun music is about having a good time. “It’s all about just bringing people together, to enjoy each other’s company and eat good food,” Shaw said during a recent ...