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 ...

Accordion maker Pennye Huval owns and runs Martin Cajun Accordions with her father in Lafayette Parish. Visitors to Jazz Fest will not only find Louisiana music and food, but also expert Louisiana ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

BEAUMONT — The accordion is Ed Poullard's birthright. But for decades, his inheritance was simply the music that came from the push-button box. It was a bounty of tunes he learned from his father, ...

Why is a heavy-metal-loving tuba player with a doctorate in musicology curating an interactive accordion exhibit — “Expanding Voices in the USA: The Resurgence of the Accordion” — at the Museum of ...

Emerson "Ray" Abshire, a beloved Cajun musician and Louisiana Folk Artist Hall of Famer, has died. He was 68. Abshire, who died unexpectedly Tuesday, was the owner and operator of Magnolia Torque and ...