PRIDE, LA (WVUE) - Many years ago, people who couldn't afford to buy a guitar would make their own out of a cigar box, and the distinct bluesy-folk sound of those homemade instruments is making a bit ...

It has been said that no zydeco band is complete without a rubboard and an accordion. But deep in the birthplace of zydeco, an exhibit at the St. Landry Parish Visitor Center features a different type ...

C.C. Adcock looks back at his time with Guitar Gable with fond memories. Adcock puts the St. Landry Parish guitar legend’s music on the same level as Van Halen, Freddie King and other legendary guitar ...

In a backyard shop in the woods of St. Tammany Parish, an old-fashioned musical sound is brought to life. Joe Manuel got his first guitar at the age of ten, although his first lessons didn't work out.

For the past few months, the sounds of custom-made electric guitars have occasionally echoed through the hall of the Coulee Region Business Center, also known as the small business incubator, in La ...

Sonny Landreth, the singer, songwriter and slide guitar master from Lafayette, will return to the Baton Rouge area for a ...

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Editor’s note: This story went to press before the LA fires. Since then, Sophie Lloyd has committed to donating a portion of the proceeds from her show at the Whisky and will be auctioning off one of ...