Dustin Dale Gaspard made history this season on The Voice when he sang in Cajun French—a first for NBC’s flagship national singing competition. In this premiere episode of La Louisiane, we sat down with Dustin at Suire’s Grocery in his hometown of Cow Island to discuss growing up in rural Vermilion Parish, his behind-the-scenes experience of The Voice, his relationship with coaches Niall Horan, Michael Bublé, Reba McEntire, and Snoop Dogg, what Cajun culture means to him, and why and how he learned the French language of his grandparents.

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