Louisiana’s Cajuns descend from the French-speaking Acadians who settled in Nova Scotia in 1604 only to be uprooted in 1755 by the British, who forced them south to the bayous and prairies of ...

Last year, Cajun musician Kyle Huval released “Straight Allons,” a 12-song CD brimming with variety, from French originals like “Loin de Moi” (“Far from Me”) and “Boy with a Broken Heart” to an ...

<br><br> <br clear="all"> <br> <P> At right, the Dixie Ramblers bluegrass band (from left, Billy Thompson, Mike Phipps, Don Chainey, Fred Travers and Keith Arneson) plays to an overflowing house last ...

EDINBURGH, Scotland - Members of the U.S. Army Band & Chorus' Dixie-jazz band, the Rhine River Ramblers, gave a two hour workshop to the Norwegian Army Band on performance style in American Dixie ...