EVANGELINE PARISH — The 20th Annual Swamp Pop Reunion Dance will take place Feb. 16, 2026 Lundi Gras, at the Ville Platte Civic Center. The event will feature 17 performers, including Swamp Pop ...

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 ...

Most people’s knowledge of Louisiana music is limited to the piano professors and funky street beats of New Orleans or to Cajun and zydeco styles. Often overlooked is swamp pop, a mix of R&B, rock ’n’ ...

ROBERT, La. (AP) - From out of the postwar swamps of south Louisiana, there arose a music all its own - a feel-good sound known as "swamp pop." A half century later, this indigenous form of early ...

Beloved “swamp pop” musician Tommy McLain, whose 1966 hit “Sweet Dreams” reached No. 15 on the Billboard Hot 100, died Thursday morning at 85. His passing was announced by his family in a social media ...

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