Marc Savoy is a Louisiana legend not only in Eunice but around the world. He has dedicated his life to preserving the Cajun culture through making instruments, holding jam sessions and maintaining a ...

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 ...

Jamey Bearb grew up with strict accordion rules. His dad, Cajun musician Ricky Bearb, demanded the accordion, handmade by pioneer builder Marc Savoy, sit a precise position in its storage box. Even ...

Beginnings. Swamp tour -- Accordion dreams -- Charivari -- Allons à Lafayette -- Les femmes d'enfer -- Awakening at Augusta -- After Augusta -- Return to Acadiana -- Finding my voice -- Going deeper - ...

When traditional Cajun and Creole musicians take to the stage, one mark of their genius is how easy they make it look. Whether they are wielding an accordion, a fiddle, or some other folk instrument, ...

ZUMBROTA — It’s the accordion concert for all ages. Perhaps of the ages. Crossings at Carnegie is featuring Accordion-O-Rama! next Friday with a line-up of notables who play the squeeze box. But ...

102 The Waltz that Carried Me to My Grave / Cleoma Breaux, Joe Falcon. Accordion. French language 104 La Breakdown La Louisianne / Walker Brothers. Fiddle. French language 103 Poche Town / Cleoma ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana's Cajun and Creole heritage takes center stage this weekend when the Festivals Acadiens et Creoles marks a half-century of honoring and celebrating the culture through ...

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 ...

JENNINGS, La. (KPLC) - A time-honored Cajun tradition is returning to Jeff Davis Parish. Founded by Dwayne Cootes, members of ...