This year, there's a new category at the Grammys: Best Zydeco or Cajun Music Album. A young band from Louisiana called The Pine Leaf Boys received a nomination for its second album, Blues de Musicien.

Nick Spitzer: Hey is it hard to play dance music when there’s nobody dancing? Wilson Savoy: Yes it is very hard. But they are dancing! NS: We just can’t see them. WS: They are dancing. NS: I see ...

Courtney Granger, the Grammy-nominated fiddler and member of the Pine Leaf Boys, has died at the age of 39. The master fiddler and traditional Cajun musician died Saturday of a suspected blood clot ...

Pine Leaf Boys will pay tribute to their late bandmate and fiddler this Saturday at Hideaway in Lafayette. Courtney Granger, 39, died last month from a blood clot and a series of health problems he ...

Savannah is being invaded - in the best way possible, that is - by the Lafayette sound. Wilson Savoy is the founder of the Pine Leaf Boys, who have received four Grammy nominations in their 11 years ...

If you’re not from Louisiana, you might know the Pine Leaf Boys from their appearances on Treme, HBO’s musical series bout life in New Orleans’ Treme neighborhood that has already managed to kill off ...

EAST SPENCER — One of the state’s highest honors, the Order of the Long Leaf Pine has been awarded to all sorts of people. The famous, like Andy Griffith and Maya Angelou, and the local heroes — ...

One of the southern yellow pine trees that have native populations in Frederick County is the short leaf pine (Pinus echinata). There are some small populations of this tree scattered around Sugarloaf ...

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