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A rdoin is a 5-time Grammy-nominated Kreole Rock and Soul artist. The inaugural Dat Zydeco Fest is happening Saturday at The ...
Sean Ardoin previews his performance at Dat Zydeco Fest this Saturday, July 12 at The Broadside. Canadian troops arrested in ...
Danny Heitman, wearing green, dances with his wife, Catherine, at Buck & Johnny's, a Breaux Bridge venue that offers ...
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Remembering the King of Zydeco
Music fans celebrated the 100th anniversary of the birth of the King of Zydeco, Clifton Chenier, late last month. Chenier ...
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 Carnegie Hall and in Ronald Reagan’s White House; won a National Heritage ...
When Curley Taylor & Zydeco Trouble came to Carson City in 2023, it was the last stop of their tour. For this tour, he booked ...
For my wife’s birthday last month, we rose early, packed the car with mugs of coffee, and drove to Breaux Bridge for zydeco breakfast at Buck & Johnny’s, a restaurant and performance venue ...
And the proof of that fascination lies in the first studio recording the band has released since 2023’s Hackneyed Diamond s: ...
Even with their love of zydeco, the Stones found it challenging to cover the song. Richards had to adjust to zydeco rhythms, as did Jagger. “The difficult thing is the bar length,” he says.
Chenier, an accordionist and singer who would have turned 100 today, was a pioneer of zydeco, an accordion-reliant, blues-based and rhythm-heavy folk form from Louisiana. He released his first single, ...
Joel Savoy, the Eunice-based Cajun fiddler and Valcour Records founder, co-produced most of A Tribute to the King of Zydeco with Los Lobos saxophonist- producer Steve Berlin. Acadiana guitarist and ...