Just over a two-hour drive from New Orleans and located in the heart of Acadiana is Lafayette, a city of 92,000 residents and the unofficial capital of Cajun Country. Good music, like good food, is a staple of Cajun life, and like the ubiquitous Cajun cuisine, it looks as if the world is catching on to the infectious, indigenous sounds of Cajun and zydeco music.

These two distinct forms of music have evolved from one another in Acadiana and are sometimes referred to as the white man’s musi...