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

Lafayette, Louisiana native shocked as she stumbles accross a Creole Cafe in Tokyo, Japan, complete with her father's book ...

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

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

ATLANTIC – Produce in the Park’s Summer 2025 Farmers Market Opening Day is Thursday, June 5 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Atlantic City Park, and this year promises ...

For Broussard, the accordion is central to his identity ... Broussard said its not about reinventing zydeco so much as loving music and keeping Zydeco and not steering into what the younger ...

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.

Musicians from as far as Japan have come to Opelousas to learn from zydeco accordion wizard Jeffery ... “I’ve been up all night long playing music and traveling to the next show,” said ...

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 ...

citing new global strategy The lead instrument was the accordion. Other elements included hand-held metal utensils and washboards. However, according to the association, Zydeco music can feature ...