The rubboard should be called the happy instrument. This zydeco percussion instrument, worn as a metal vest hanging over the shoulders, draws immediate attention. The musician playing looks to be ...

“Sunset is the rubboard capital of the world,” Tee Don Landry of Key of Z Rubboards said. The title became official in 2014. Tony Davoren, musician and Sunset resident said: “Growing up in Ireland we ...

(WVUE) - In the early days of Zydeco music, a wooden washboard would keep the rhythm. But over the last half-century, stainless steel rub boards with over-the-shoulder straps give Zydeco its signature ...

The lower southeastern corner of the Lone Star State stretches westward from the Louisiana boundary at the Sabine River, following the coastal bend in a swath over 100 miles wide and long, past ...

Ralph Fontenot, longtime rubboard player for Terrance Simien and the Zydeco Experience, died unexpectedly while on tour Wednesday. His funeral is scheduled for noon Monday in his native Mallet, the ...

SUNSET, La. (The Advertiser)- The rubboard should be called the happy instrument. This zydeco percussion instrument, worn as a metal vest hanging over the shoulders, draws immediate attention. The ...