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Zydeco pioneer Clifton Chenier would have turned 100 this year; a new album featuring the Rolling Stones and Lucinda Williams ...
The New Orleans Jazz Museum will celebrate the 100th birthday of Clifton Chenier with tickets benefitting a scholarship fund.
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 ...
This article is sponsored by Arlington Arts/Arlington Cultural Affairs, a division of Arlington Economic Development. The ...
To mark the 100th anniversary of zydeco pioneer Clifton Chenier, Smithsonian Folkways will release a box set on Arhoolie ...
To celebrate the box set, a tribute concert takes place in November at Wolf Trap National Park, a pavilion-style venue near ...
Styx will perform at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion on Friday, sharing the bill with Kevin Cronin (ex-REO Speedwagon) ...
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 ...
The Louisiana-born Chenier was a singer and accordion player who pioneered the zydeco genre, which brought together the influences of Creole music, Cajun music, R&B, and the blues. The Grammy ...
which will provide financial assistance to students studying traditional music — specifically zydeco accordion — at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. 1. “Zydeco Sont Pas Salés ...