When I started in 1979 with the King of Zydeco, Clifton Chenier, I could count on one hand about five accordion players playing zydeco music and that's it. "Now, you got 500. Ain't five no more!" ...

The marshy interior of southern Louisiana is home to a cuisine, language and sound all its own. Today, Cajun and Zydeco music ...

The Stones, Williams, Charley Crockett, and more salute the zydeco accordionist, who would’ve turned 100 this year, on a new tribute album ...

Avid fans of the late, great accordionist, vocalist, composer and innovator Clifton Chenier will surely savor the rich mix of musical, factual and quotable ingredients in “The King of Zydeco.” ...

Fifth-grade band students from Port Arthur Elementary Schools learned about Zydeco music and the cultures behind it at the Museum of the Gulf Coast’s Zydeco photography exhibit on Tuesday ...

Rodricka Stevens LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY)– Local and well-known Zydeco band Dwayne Dopsie and The Hellraisers has a 2024 Grammy nomination for Best Regional Roots Music Album.

A few months ago, Joel Savoy, the Louisiana Cajun musician and label owner, was at a local pressing plant looking over the cover art for a just-finished tribute album to zydeco legend Clifton ...

A Louisiana dance party is coming to the 2024 Iowa City Arts Festival on Saturday night, June 8, courtesy of Terrance Simien and the Zydeco Experience.

When you're known as the King of Zydeco music, like the late Clifton Chenier was, it only makes sense that other recording legends would want to honor you. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "ZYDECO SONT PAS ...

Chances to hear live zydeco music in this area were rare a few short years ago. But today, as the popularity of the high-energy dance music has spread beyond its Southwest Louisiana home, zydeco ...

The community is mourning the loss of Sydney “Big Sid” Williams, a beloved pillar of the community and a legend in the zydeco music scene.