Chenier came to be known as the King of Zydeco. He toured Europe; won a Grammy for his 1982 album, I’m Here! ; performed at ...

To celebrate the box set, a tribute concert takes place in November at Wolf Trap National Park, a pavilion-style venue near ...

To mark the 100th anniversary of zydeco pioneer Clifton Chenier, Smithsonian Folkways will release a box set on Arhoolie ...

The marshy interior of southern Louisiana is home to a cuisine, language and sound all its own. Today, Cajun and Zydeco music, often sung in French, is enjoying a renaissance.

As a teenager, he began playing the button accordion, drawing inspiration from zydeco pioneers Boozoo Chavis and John Delafose. He rose to prominence as a member of Zydeco Force, which is known ...

Cynthia Simien is also an agent and booking manager who has long worked with her husband to promote Louisiana music worldwide ...

This vibrant Lafayette artist will appear on a record bringing together two greats: the Rolling Stones, and King of Zydeco Clifton Chenier.

Some of his songs paid homage to his roots in Slovenian-style polka, and he reveled in other accordion traditions such as Cajun zydeco and Tex-Mex cantatas. “The accordion,” he told the St ...