Swamp pop might well be referred to as South Louisiana’s “other music” as it generally takes a back seat to Cajun and zydeco music. Nevertheless, Swamp pop remains extremely popular with middle-age ...
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 ...
This is the eighth release in this series of Ace CDs celebrating the indigenous rock ’n’ roll and R&B of South Louisiana and East Texas. Among the 28 rare and vintage tracks, one will find a few ...
Playing a blend of rock, R&B and zydeco, he had a hit in 1966 with “Sweet Dreams” and inspired Elvis Costello, Nick Lowe and many others. By Clay Risen Tommy McLain, a son of the Louisiana bayou whose ...
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 ...
KBON has a music format that gives corporate, cookie-cutter radio programmers fits. It’s common to hear the Eunice station, at 101.1FM on the dial, play country singer Marc Chestnutt, followed by ...