Stanley Dural was born in 1947 in Lafayette, La., a close-knit community where many black people express their Creole heritage by speaking French, and by playing and dancing to zydeco. This hybrid ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Josh Baca calls the music he makes with his band the Hot Tamales a fusion of conjunto and zydeco. (Mariaelena Villarreal) Josh ...

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.

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 ...

In 1965, Mick Jagger first saw zydeco legend Clifton Chenier perform, which left a lasting impression on the then 22-year-old singer. Zydeco was different from the Chicago and Delta Blues that the ...

101 Please Don't Leave Me / Thunders (Musical group), Fernest Arceneaux. Accordion,Guitar. English language 102 Persone Pole Danse Avec Moin / Thunders (Musical group), Fernest Arceneaux.

It's the cold-hearted human who can sit still to zydeco. Southern Louisiana gets the credit for this feisty music's origins, a strangely intoxicating mix of French Canadian songs, the strings and keys ...

Stanley Dural Jr., known to the world as Buckwheat Zydeco, is music’s best-selling zydeco artist. Following six Grammy nominations, the Carencro singer and accordion and organ player’s 2009 album, ...

For his last night hosting “The Late Show,” Jimmy Fallon opened with a musical surprise, singing and playing guitar alongside zydeco accordion legend Buckwheat Zydeco and the show’s house band, The ...

Musicians from as far as Japan have come to Opelousas to learn from zydeco accordion wizard Jeffery Broussard. But Broussard was in for a surprise when renowned Celtic musician Tony Davoren, who also ...

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, ...

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 ...