He grew up playing the accordion as his life was steeped in the regional music of the area. He and his band The Zydeco Experience will be playing that very music at the Kentucky Center for ...

Czech immigrants also played music featuring the accordion, and French settlers in Louisiana and Texas brought their own traditions that helped shape the development of zydeco music. Texas ...

(KLFY) — Zydeco music legend Joe Hall died suddenly on ... He says Joe’s remarkable vocal skills while playing the accordion was a talent like no other. “I would come to work, and when ...

He grew up in a music family, he said, and he does it for love, not money. He thought about his grandfathers who worked to presesrve Zydeco and the culture surrounding it so that today it is ...

It was a crowded Mardi Gras weekend in Mamou — a town of a little under 3,000 people that receives thousands of additional visitors during one of the busiest seasons in south Louisiana.

C.J. Chenier, son of award-winning “King of Zydeco” Clifton Chenier, is coming to Maui with the Red Hot Louisiana Band for a Mardi Gras performance at Mulligan’s on Friday. “It’s dance ...