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 ...
Van Broussard, the beloved swamp pop singer from Prairieville, died early Tuesday at 83 at his home. For six decades, Broussard’s local and regional performances drew hundreds of devoted fans wherever ...
It's the 14th anniversary celebration for the Swamp Pop Museum in Ville Platte. On Friday, music lovers from across Acadiana joined together to celebrate the significance behind the Swamp Pop Museum ...
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 ...
This is the eighth release in this series of Ace CDs celebrating the indigenous rock ’n’ roll and R&B of South Louisiana and East Texas. Among the 28 rare and vintage tracks, one will find a few ...
The Revelers, featuring members of the Pine Leaf Boys and the Red Stick Ramblers, qualify as a southwest Louisiana supergroup. Formed two years ago, the Revelers expand upon the repertoires of both ...
Sometimes it's called "swamp pop": a slippery and soulful sound that slid between the cracks of country, R&B, zydeco, Cajun folk music, and earliest rock and roll. Biracial music from a segregated era ...
Viewpark has teamed with Louisiana-based production company Back Porch Movies to develop and finance “In a Good Place Now,” a feature film based on the life of musician Warren Storm. Storm, who died ...