The draft for opening night at the Festival International in Lafayette, La., last month was an easy choice. Hugging his piano accordion, Geno Delafose was escorted onto the stage by local college ...

Randy Falcon, the legendary Cajun instrument maker who patented the double accordion, died Saturday night from complications of Lou Gehrig's disease. He was 69. The Crowley native is best known for ...

The third installment of “Cajun Accordion Kings” is taking place on Saturday, March 30 at 6 p.m. at the Liberty Theater in Eunice. This show will celebrate legendary Cajun accordion players Paul ...

The musical patriarch that is The Blues has spawned many offspring, from jazz to R&B and rock 'n' roll. One of its lesser-known children is zydeco -- one of the most infectious styles of music on the ...

When The Squeezebox Stompers return to Amazing Things Arts Center in Framingham on June 3 for a night of spirited earthy Cajun and Zydeco music, the audience will have two choices: sit and listen or ...

For the past 20 years, as popular Cajun musician Bruce Daigrepont plied his button accordion for the crowds who twirled around the dance floor at Tipitina's weekly fais do-do, his mother could always ...

Randy Falcon wore many hats — musician, pioneer accordion builder, teacher, second generation owner of the Falcon Rice Mill. He was a mechanic, father figure, and mentor. The life and many talents of ...

He's played with Paul McCartney’s all-star band, at McCartney’s Christmas party and at the music legend’s daughter’s wedding – but Chris Hall still gets just as much of a buzz playing a Derby pub as ...

The first day of this year's New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival culminated in back-to-back sets by West London's Mumford & Sons and North Carolina's The Avett Brothers before a crowd more than ...

IOTA, La. (Daily Advertiser)— Well-worn by thousands of feet, the original Tee Mamou-Iota Mardi Gras Festival wooden dance floor features the engraved names of 56 donors who helped to launch the ...