The Louisiana Swamp Pop Museum will be hosting a Swamp Pop Legends Live event celebrating stories and songs from Louisiana’s ...

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 ...

VILLE PLATTE, La. (WAFB) - This unique south Louisiana music had its heyday in the 1950s and ‘60s. And in the city of Ville Platte, they still celebrate their swamp pop music. For 16 years, these ...

Johnny Allan is a household name and pioneer in the Swamp Pop industry. He said he's thankful for the Swamp Pop Museum, which helps to preserve the history of a genre of music he helped to create.

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 ...

Louisiana’s soundtrack is alive 24/7. Join us on a journey through the birthplace of jazz and the musical highlights of this ...

In the early 1960s, Joe Barry combined Cajun and country music into a whole new sound. In honor of a new anthology of Barry's music titled A Fool... The Unsung Pioneer Of Louisiana Swamp-Pop Southern ...

The Chris LeBlanc Band played a variety of swamp pop, blues and classic rock Nov. 16 during Gonzales’ Music in the Park.

Leslie Johnson, the architect of Louisiana swamp-blues who was better known as "Lazy Lester," died Wednesday afternoon at his home in Paradise, California. He was 85. In the 1950s and ’60s, Johnson ...