Louisiana celebrates its Cajun culture now, notes guest columnist Jacque Trahan. But it wasn’t always that way.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Jourdan Thibodeaux, who has been hailed as the future of Cajun music, will perform today and Saturday at The Ritz-Carlton Maui, Kapalua. Courtesy photo The CBS News show “60 Minutes” recently ...

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 ...

On Sunday’s episode of 60 MINUTES, correspondent Jon Wertheim visited southwest Louisiana, where the sounds of Cajun and Zydeco music – long the soundtrack in this singular pocket of America – are ...

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, ...

The Holy City will get a little spicy this weekend as the tastes and sounds of Louisiana visit James Island County Park on Saturday from noon to 6 p.m., courtesy of the Lowcountry Cajun Festival.