Breaux Bridge

Louisiana is home to at least 14 "capitals of the world" from fish to fried food and everything in between, how many can you name?

Jim Cantore is in Cajun Country.

Hunter Hayes from Breaux Bridge, Louisiana burst on the country music scene about a year ago with his debut single "Storm Warning".  Since then Hunter has scored a #1 hit with his second song "Wanted". Tonight, Hunter who started out playing accordion and playing Cajun Music, just won the Country Music Association (CMA) New Artist of the year award live on national television.

It's official. As we reported in June, former Cajun musician turned Country music star Hunter Hayes had his first country music Gold record. Now he has received the gold record live on television yesterday on the show "The Talk". We have the video of him receiving the gold record.

Former Cajun musician turned Country music star Hunter Hayes has his first country music Gold record! It takes 500,000 sales to reach the Gold status when it comes to songs. This includes hard copies and downloads. Breaux Bridge’s Hunter Hayes song “Wanted” has reached Gold status and his song “Storm Warning” is not far behind. He is on his way to being a legitimate Country star!

Carrie Underwood's "Blown Away" tour is getting ready to roll and will feature a Breaux Bridge, Louisiana native Hunter Hayes .  Hunter of course played Cajun music growing up and now has moved on to be a national Country music recording artist. ...

Breaux Bridge native and former Cajun music star Hunter Hayes was featured on a national stage last night at the Academy of Country Music awards (ACM's). The 20 year old Hunter was up for the "ACM New Artists of the Year" award last night against American Idol alum Scotty McCreery and Brantley Gilbert. Did he win?

Hunter Hayes!  If your from the Acadiana or Southwest Louisiana area, chances are you heard of Hunter Hayes before he ever hit the national country music scene. Fans of Cajun music heard of Hunter back when he was just a little boy.  Hunter started out playing the accordion back when he was like four years old.  Then when he was around six years old he came out with his first album that spawned a