Backstage Pass

Westlake, Louisiana's own and American Idol top 3 finalist Joshua Ledet will join Hal McMillin today right here on Cajun Radio live in our studio.

What's Joshua been up to since being on American Idol?  Has he been touring, when is his new record coming out and what's his plans for the future? Those are just some of the questions Hal will ask Joshua today.  When will Joshua be here?

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The Grammy Awards were last month and The Band Courtbouillon which consists of Wayne Toups, Steve Riley and Wilson Savoy won the Grammy Award for ‘Best Regional Roots Music Album”.

I found a cool video of Wayne Toups backstage at the Grammys.  He was asked to stop by the CBS Backstage cam where he got a chance thank his fans. Check it out!

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Last Friday here at the Cajun Radio studios, Horace Trahan performed live for our Cajun Radio Backstage Pass for listeners and fans of his music and received his "Artist of the Year" award.

Horace was voted by you the listeners of Cajun Radio as the 2012 Cajun Radio Artist of the Year with almost 12,000 of the 27,000 votes cast. 

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Back in December, we put up a poll and let you, the fans and listeners of Cajun Radio, vote on who you thought should be the Cajun Radio 2012 "Artist of the Year." We had an overwhelming amount of response which garnered over 26,000 votes from you!

With a little over 43.5 percent of the vote, you named Horace Trahan your 2012 Artist of the Year.  This is the second straight year Horace has won this honor!

Now we are giving you a chance to meet Horace and hang out with him for a private concert with him and his entire band. It's the Cajun Radio Backstage Pass and here is how you can hang out with your Artist of the Year!

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The Grammy Award ceremonies are under way and we just received word that The Band Courtbouillon which consists of Wayne Toups, Steve Riley and Wilson Savoy just won the Grammy Award for 'Best Regional Roots Music Album".

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It is the last weekend of the Mardi Gras season leading up to the big day on Tuesday.  With that being said, a whole host of your favorite artists like Keith Frank, Damon Troy, Steve Riley, Chubby Carrier, Travis Matte and Horace Trahan just to name a few will all be in the Lake Charles area to perform live.

These artists will be in the Lake Area performing live in different venues to celebrate the Mardi Gras season.  Here is your complete lineup of where your favorite artists will be playing.

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Zydeco music has come a long way in the last century, and who knows where it will go in the next 100 years.  But one thing will always remain the same, according to Grammy winner Chubby Carrier -- if you want to make a mark on music, you can't copy other people.  You have to remain true to yourself.

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Before Zydeco artists were getting feet moving in clubs worldwide, it was largely an in-home phenomenon.  For a young Chubby Carrier, it was nothing for his family to empty a room and turn it into a dance floor.

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The word "Zydeco" only goes back 50 years or so, but the roots of the music are ancient.  How can one style of music have roots in Germany, France, Italy, the Caribbean and America all at the same time?  Chubby Carrier explains.

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For Chubby Carrier, winning a Grammy Award was the culmination of a life-long dream -- not only for himself, but for the generations of musicians that preceded him.  But it was bittersweet, because his Grammy win also came the same year his parents passed away.

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