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The Rolling Stones are once again waving the flag of their musical forebears with a cover of Clifton Chenier’s zydeco tune ...
Zydeco legend Clifton Chenier would have turned 100 in 2025. This year he's the subject of a book, a box set and a tribute ...
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Louisiana musician Clifton Chenier would have been 100 on June 25, and a new tribute album featuring The Rolling Stones ...
Joel Savoy, the Eunice-based Cajun fiddler and Valcour Records founder, co-produced most of A Tribute to the King of Zydeco ...
ST. LANDRY PARISH, La. (KLFY) — Celebrating Clifton Chenier, the ‘King of Zydeco’, on his 100th birthday. Known for his ...
Joel Savoy doesn’t remember exactly when he first heard the music of Clifton Chenier, the King of Zydeco—the electrified and ...
The lively songs and performances of Clifton Chenier, who would have turned 100 today, brought fans—including the Rolling ...
The Rolling Stones' cover of Clifton Chenier's 'Zydeco Sont Pas Sales' was released on June 25, 2025, part of an album called ...
The late Clifton Chenier, Zydeco pioneer known for his Creole-inspired sound rooted in blues, Cajun and R&B, is being bolstered by the music community ...
Clifton Chenier, the Louisiana musician who pioneered the Creole R&B hybrid genre known as zydeco, isn’t with us anymore. He passed away in 1987 from kidney disease that resulted from his diabetes.
"I’d never heard the accordion in the blues before," said Mick Jagger upon hearing zydeco music for the first time.