In his raucous “Soul Alive!” album, singer, bishop, mortician, limousine driver, drugstore owner, backstage barbecue vendor and father of 21 Solomon Burke testified, “The answer in life is love and ...

Two hours west of New Orleans, the town of Opelousas is one of the best places to experience this irresistibly toe-tapping music genre created by Louisiana’s Black Creole community. Zydeco, a music ...

Chavis will be a guest preacher at Duke Chapel Jan. 18 The Rev. Dr. Benjamin Chavis, who served a decades-long prison sentence for his role in the “Wilmington Ten,” will be a guest preacher at the ...

Dr. Benjamin Chavis, president/CEO of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), was celebrated as the father of the environmental justice movement at the Mississippi Statewide ...

In Q3 2025, MrBeast has retained his top spot as the most-subscribed YouTube individual on the social media platform. After MrBeast overtook PewDiePie in late 2022 to shake up the top-most subscribed ...

Boozoo Bajou stops by for an interview and sneak peak of their hotly tipped album, Dust My Broom, due in August. Boozoo Bajou stops by for an interview and sneak peak of their hotly tipped album, Dust ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you scroll through Joie Chavis’ Instagram feed, you’ll find much more than flawless selfies and polished workout clips. What ...

Infielder Michael Chavis is heading overseas. The CAA client has signed with the Chunichi Dragons of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball, per an announcement from Chunichi. He had been with the ...

The Rolling Stones will return with a new song that might surprise casual fans: "Zydeco Sont Pas Sales," a song with Creole French lyrics popularized by zydeco pioneer Clifton Chenier of Opelousas, ...

With hundreds of performances out at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, it's hard to know where to start. So Gambit has some suggestion for bands and musicians to see on Friday at the fest.

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - Food, casinos, and industry are just a few things that come to mind when you think of Lake Charles, but what about music? Swamp pop, country, R&B, jazz, Zydeco, and Cajun ...

Don’t let the 1,523-mile distance from New Orleans fool ya – Phoenix loves Mardi Gras. And rightfully so, as this final indulgence before Lent sweeps us into deep introspection is basically how we ...