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 ...

On a bright and humid afternoon in early May, Louisiana musicians gathered on the barn-like Fais Do-Do stage at the New ...

He and a few classmates have spent the past six weeks learning to play the accordion. “It’s something very different from ...

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.

This week’s guest on Viva Tejano, Eva Ybarra, is a luminary in conjunto music, a self-taught multi-instrumentalist who’s been playing the accordion for seven decades. For all her talent ...

D ick Contino is one of the few men in musical history who have ever squeezed big money out of an accordion. When he steps out into a spotlight and flashes a smile almost as wide and white as the ...

Trump gave up his magic flute for another musical calling: The invisible accordion | Opinion As we know now, Trump put aside his certain path to fame as a flutist in order to play the musical ...

11 a.m.-1 p.m. — Street music with Three Guys Polka Band, Polka dance lessons, accordion display 12:30-2:30 p.m. — Accordion jam session, storytelling by Laddie Bluha 3-5:30 p.m. — Polka ...