The track was produced by C.C. Adcock, a veteran New Orleans-based producer and guitarist who during his long career has worked with Robert Plant, Elvis Costello, Florence and the Machine, and many ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chenier in 1984. The zydeco pioneer would have turned 100 this year. - Credit: Paul Natkin/Getty Images A few months ago, Joel ...

Grammy winner Chubby Carrier hosts a special Zydeco Capital Jam honoring Clifton Chenier's legacy ahead of the King's 101st birthday.

The program gives students with special needs hands-on manufacturing experience. Read full article: Salem’s Forge the Future Inclusion Camp earns statewide award while opening doors for students with ...

The Rolling Stones have new music out, their first since 2023's Hackney Diamonds. It's a cover of "Zydeco Sont Pas Sales," recorded originally by the zydeco pioneer Clifton Chenier, fittingly released ...

Festivals Acadiens et Créoles, the annual Cajun and zydeco music festival, is preparing to pay tribute to the renowned King of Zydeco, Clifton Chenier. The festival, a significant event celebrating ...

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, ...

The late Clifton Chenier, Zydeco pioneer known for his Creole-inspired sound rooted in blues, Cajun and R&B, is being bolstered by the music community on his 100th birthday. To mark the occasion and ...

The Rolling Stones will return with a new song that might surprise casual fans: "Zydeco Sont Pas Sales," a song with Creole French lyrics popularized by zydeco pioneer Clifton Chenier of Opelousas, ...

Okay, so we missed Mother’s Day by a few weeks. But like Christmas, IMO, it’s probably something that should be observed every day anyway. So in honor of that – and in honor of a genuinely heartfelt ...

In the history of popular and vernacular music it is usually hard to pinpoint the genesis of a new genre or style on one particular individual. Many musicologists acknowledge today that blacks in ...

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 Chenier.