When Janice Prejean was growing up, if she wanted to speak with her grandparents, she had to do it in French. To crack the code of the private conversations and jokes that flew over the heads of ...
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 ...
Today on Louisiana Considered, we remember the contributions of French-speaking Cajun servicemen in World War II. We also hear about a revived ballet performance to honor the 20th anniversary of ...
Eight radio stations in Southern Louisiana still broadcast partially in French as they try to keep alive a dying language in the area. French has... Le bon temps continue to roll on Cajun radio in ...
"A Cajun Christmas Storytime" is coming to the Livingston Parish Library Dec. 9. Professional voice actress Shirley Tregre will recite “A Cajun Christmas Storytime,” hosted by the Livingston Parish ...
Seventy-three years ago today, Hank Williams was atop multiple country charts with a song that became an international favorite.
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 ...
VILLE PLATTE, La.— By 8:30 Saturday morning, the red-brick tavern called Fred's Lounge is already filled with rice farmers, bikers from New Orleans and wide-eyed French tourists ready to party. Some ...
Donny Broussard and the Louisiana Stars play during the KVPI morning show at Fred's Lounge. (Emily Kask for NPR) VILLE PLATTE, La.— By 8:30 Saturday morning, the red-brick tavern called Fred's Lounge ...