The Swamp Pop Music Festival and Jambalaya Cook-off runs from noon to 9 p.m. Saturday at Lamar-Dixon Expo Center, Gonzales. Catch some of the state's best swamp pop bands. Cook-off proceeds benefit ...

The Swamp Pop Festival and Jambalaya Festival Association Cook-Off were held at Gonzales’ Lamar-Dixon Expo Center on Friday and Saturday. The two-day event is one of the nation’s largest fundraising ...

ROBERT, La. (AP) - From out of the postwar swamps of south Louisiana, there arose a music all its own - a feel-good sound known as "swamp pop." A half century later, this indigenous form of early ...

Jazz Fest semi-officially got underway Thursday night on Burgundy Street in Bywater. For two years now, an address near the Desire Street intersection has hosted a Jazz Fest Eve house party/crawfish ...

The mystery and brilliance of the 1950s Big Cypress-Everglades era will be on display this weekend at the Big Cypress National Preserve in eastern Collier County. The National Park Service is ...

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio — A south Toledo native went for a "mystical and trippy" vibe when designing this year's poster for the 32nd annual Black Swamp Arts Festival. The downtown Bowling Green festival ...

Song lyrics, vinyl records and decorated jackets hang from the walls as you enter the Louisiana Swamp Pop museum in Ville Platte. The tunes of some of the genre's biggest stars play in the background ...

Spring is here, and music festival season is upon us, giving Mississippians a chance to see good live music at festivals and different venues throughout the state. Below are some of the bigger music ...

Tommy McLain is enjoying the attention. Ever since his new album, “I Ran Down Every Dream,” was announced in April, the 82-year-old Louisiana musician has been fielding interviews with both local and ...