A Cajun radio station in South Louisiana has been broadcasting for 69 years. It's preserving the culture and the tradition of broadcasting live music from a bar every Saturday morning. There's a ...

Because they want to speak and keep the language of Cajun French alive, a group called The French Table gathers once a month in a study room at the West Feliciana Parish to speak, study and share.

As Acadiana youth grew up in the region in the 1920s and 1930s, most were discouraged from openly speaking French. Their family members had been shunned for using the language and didn’t want children ...

ERATH — It was French that attracted the Acadians to Louisiana. After years of imprisonment, Joseph Beausoleil Broussard brought his band of Acadians to the West Indies and then followed his people's ...

JENNINGS, La. (AP) - Two Jefferson Davis Parish men’s dream of a radio station dedicated to providing a special place to the local French-language Cajun music is a reality with the launch of Cajun ...

The Louisiana Legislature is recognizing the town of Welsh as the home of "A Dictionary of the Cajun Language." Published in 1984, the book's author, the Rev. Msgr. Jules Daigle was determined to ...

JENNINGS, La. (KPLC) - If you’re looking to learn or refresh your proficiency with Cajun French, there are several opportunities available in Jeff Davis Parish. Enjoy some hot coffee and cajun ...

From an early age, Gordon Voisin of Houma understood there was something special about the language he heard his parents speaking inside their modest down-the-bayou home. It’s that language that ...

WELSH, LA (KPLC) - The man who dedicated so much of his life to preserving the Cajun language was honored in Welsh on Wednesday. The late Msgr. Jules Daigle compiled "a Dictionary of the Cajun ...

There's a little radio station in south Louisiana. It's been on the air for nearly 70 years, doing everything it can to keep alive a dying language. That's Cajun French. On Saturday mornings, it ...

Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin. Copyright 2024 NPR A Cajun radio station in South Louisiana has been broadcasting for 69 years. It's ...