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’ ...

Louisiana has always been a state that dances to its own beat. That beat might be a jazz brunch in Lake Charles, Cajun dance at a traditional pig roast in Baton Rouge, or swamp pop blasting out a ...

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 ...

Louisiana Hall of Fame singer Tom McLain died Thursday morning, on July 24, at 85 years old. McLain was born on March 15, 1940 in Jonesville, Louisiana, and he was one of the swamp pop music genre's ...

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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