Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Song lyrics, vinyl records and decorated jackets hang from the walls as you enter the Louisiana Swamp Pop museum in Ville Platte.

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 ...

VILLE PLATTE, La. (WVUE) - The unique blend of rock and roll music known as swamp pop grew popular in the dance halls of south Louisiana and managed to score a few top hits in the 1950s and 1960s.

At age 82, Warren Storm is one of the last surviving originators of swamp pop music. Credit: Photo by Scott Clause/Courtesy of KL Productions He’s known as the “Godfather of Swamp Pop”—but not because ...

The Louisiana Swamp Pop Museum will celebrate its 12th birthday with an Open House on Friday, October 28. For this special event, admission will be free from 9:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. that day. KVPI ...

Warren Storm, a beloved drummer and vocalist who was among the pioneering musicians who defined the swamp pop genre of the 1950s, died on September 7 at age 84. Storm had been hospitalized since ...

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 ...

Sandy Himel is associate professor and head of government information and the Cajun and Creole Music Collection at University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Photo: Doug Dugas/University of Louisiana at ...

The Abita Springs Opry isn’t just for Hank Williams fans anymore. Or for that matter, those of Bill Monroe or any of the other traditional bluegrass and folk artists whose devotees gave the down-home ...

The days are (slowly) warming up, which means more and more of us will spend time on our porches sipping a variety of beverages. Since we can’t (read: probably shouldn’t) drink cocktails from dawn ...

When I recently went in search of a legendary Cajun soda pop company, I didn’t have to travel far. Who would have guessed Swamp Pop, the pride of Lafayette, Louisiana, would have their world ...

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 ...