Two hours west of New Orleans, the town of Opelousas is one of the best places to experience this irresistibly toe-tapping music genre created by Louisiana’s Black Creole community.

ST. MARTINVILLE, La. (KLFY) — St. Martinville City Hall hosted a celebration Thursday of the life and work of 73-year-old Donna Angelle. Angelle has played zydeco music for over 40 years. She also ...

Zydeco music, deeply rooted in Black and Creole culture, thrives today through artists like CJ Chenier, who honor its rich ...

Clifton Chenier Centennial. In this centennial year of the birth of Clifton Chenier, many events and projects are celebrating the zydeco music pioneer and his international impact. Wednesday, June 25, ...

Avid fans of the late, great accordionist, vocalist, composer and innovator Clifton Chenier will surely savor the rich mix of musical, factual and quotable ingredients in “The King of Zydeco.” The ...

Before Johnny Nicholas bought the old beer joint and gas station that would become Hill Top Café on U.S. 87, the blues singer was a regular at Antone’s Nightclub in Austin. There, he watched the ...

When you're known as the King of Zydeco music, like the late Clifton Chenier was, it only makes sense that other recording legends would want to honor you. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "ZYDECO SONT PAS SALES") ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jeffery Broussard, one of Louisiana's most dynamic and respected zydeco musicians, is once again pushing the boundaries of Creole ...

Musician Stanley "Buckwheat" Dural Jr., who rose from a cotton-picking family in southwest Louisiana to introduce zydeco music to the world through his namesake band Buckwheat Zydeco, has died. He was ...

Home to 400 festivals, Louisiana hosts events that celebrate everything except divorces and pregnancy tests. Just wait a minute — that’ll change. Yet for every successful good time, there’s a First ...

C.J. Chenier, who plays a bling-encrusted squeezebox, is laughing all the way to the bank. The man works: He has 18 gigs this month, in an arc from Texas to Minnesota to Rhode Island, including a stop ...