Object Details editor Simonett, Helena Contents From old world to new shores / Helena Simonett -- Accordion jokes : a folklorist's view / Richard March -- From chanky-chank to Yankee chanks : the ...

When I started in 1979 with the King of Zydeco, Clifton Chenier, I could count on one hand about five accordion players playing zydeco music and that's it. "Now, you got 500. Ain't five no more!" ...

And if the full-blown accordion should ever bow his back, he's got a couple of smaller philharmonic models kickin' around the office. He's prepared to do whatever it takes to sustain the music ...

The master accordionist, whose career spanned over seven decades, died on July 31, 2025, at the age of 86, his family announced in a heartfelt social media post. El Flaco Jiménez was a Tejano Music ...

Buckwheat Zydeco - accordion, Hammond organ 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 ...

Before 1982, the words “zydeco” and “festival” were never used in the same sentence. The Creole accordion dance music had already migrated from the rural house dances of southwest Louisiana ...

His father, a close friend of zydeco king Clifton Chenier, played the accordion "24/7." But despite his father's insistence, Stanley vowed never to play the squeeze box.

Redline Zydeco brings that oh-so-danceable vibe to Empire Brewing Company on Saturday night. The band is based in Rochester, led by accordion player Russ Roberts, drummer Paul Mastriani and ...

One of a small handful of women in Zydeco, accordion player and singer Rosie Ledet has been enjoying year after year of success. Her warm stage presence combined with the infectious Zydeco beat ...

About 5:15 p.m., the rain started falling hard for about a half-hour. Workers pulled out tarps to cover gear and people at the folklife stage, where members of Nathan and the Zydeco Cha-Chas and ...

Houstonians can celebrate Zydeco at festivals across the region this year with music, dancing and food. Zydeco music evolved from an acoustic folk idiom known as “la-la” in the 1920s ...