Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Linda Ronstadt once said, “Joel Savoy is one of my favorite musicians on just about any ...

Marc Savoy was born and raised in the small Cajun prairie town of Eunice, Louisiana. Drawing inspiration from 'bals de maison' (house dances) in his father's outdoor kitchen, Savoy obtained his first ...

The Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band has been playing together since 1977. The band includes husband and wife Marc and Ann Savoy, on accordion and guitar respectively, and Michael Doucet of Beausoleil on ...

There is, of course, more to that story. Wilson plays with both The Pine Leaf Boys and the Savoy Family Cajun Band, and performs solo as Sweet Willy Allen and co-owns the Hideaway on Lee in downtown ...

Since 2008, when the Grammys presented a new award for best zydeco or Cajun music album, members of the Savoy Family Band have been involved in eight out of the 20 nominations in that category. While ...

When you Ann Savoy, you say quite a lot. Multi-instrumentalist. Singer. Author. Documentarian. And it’s with those qualifications that you’ll find Savoy moderating the Women Song Collectors: ...

Accordion players Marc Savoy and Corey Ledet are musicians in South Louisiana who play traditional Cajun and Zydeco music. Some bands are struggling to survive and missing the culture that they help ...

After Ann Allen heard Cajun music, her love for the French language entwined with a passion for the traditional music of southwestern Louisiana. That dual fascination bloomed further during the ...

June 3: The concert series dedicated to the various indigenous musical forms of Louisiana presents the Savoy Family Cajun Band, led by the accordionist Marc and the singer and guitarist Ann. The ...

Musicians — who depend on live audiences as much as they do — have been especially hard hit by the pandemic. Perhaps nowhere has this been felt more acutely than in South Louisiana, where music lies ...