The 42nd Original Southwest Louisiana Zydeco Festival is coming at the end of this month. The festival takes place on August 31, at the Yambilee Festival Grounds with multiple activities leading up to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Zydeco, a music genre created by the Black Creole community, has flourished in Southwest Louisiana and beyond, inspiring musicans ...

GRAND MARAIS, La. (KATC) — A night of zydeco and Southern soul is set to bring music fans together in Iberia Parish this weekend as DJ Troy-D celebrates his birthday with a special concert event. DJ ...

On a bright and humid afternoon in early May, Louisiana musicians gathered on the barn-like Fais Do-Do stage at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival to celebrate royalty: Clifton Chenier, the ...

San Diego’s four-day Gator by the Bay festival will celebrate its 21st anniversary next Thursday through May 12 with more than 100 performances celebrating an array of homegrown American roots-music ...

Clifton Chenier Centennial. In this centennial year of the birth of Clifton Chenier, many events and projects are celebrating the zydeco music pioneer and his international impact. Wednesday, June 25, ...

Nathan and the Zydeco Cha Chas earned a Grammy nomination in 2023 for Best Regional Roots Music Album with their release “Lucky Man.” Nathan Williams’ musical style combines elements of zydeco, jazz, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Rolling Stones are once again waving the flag of their musical forebears with a cover of Clifton Chenier’s zydeco tune “Zydeco ...

LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) — Tonight Acadiana honored the life and legacy of Zydeco legend Joe Hall with the premiere of a new documentary celebrating his music and life story at the Acadiana Center for ...

A fusion of Louisiana accordion music with Afro-Caribbean rhythms, blues, and R&B, zydeco is the irresistibly toe-tapping music of the Black Creole community in rural Southwest Louisiana, often sung ...