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 ...

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.

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 ...

Southeast Texas has always been a hotbed for the fusion of many different musical styles with influences from all over. While rock, country and hip-hop get the most attention, Swamp Pop might have the ...

Sometimes it's called "swamp pop": a slippery and soulful sound that slid between the cracks of country, R&B, zydeco, Cajun folk music, and earliest rock and roll. Biracial music from a segregated era ...

Louisiana Hall of Fame singer Tom McLain died Thursday morning, on July 24, at 85 years old. McLain was born on March 15, 1940 in Jonesville, Louisiana, and he was one of the swamp pop music genre's ...