The infectious tunes of zydeco have played a major role in American Culture. Fuselier said that’s beacuse zydeco is a festive ...

One thousand five hundred miles northeast of Lafayette is one of the nation’s newest Cajun and zydeco festivals. The Bayou Boogie, three days of dancing and camping in the rolling Connecticut hills, ...

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, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Zydeco, a music genre created by the Black Creole community, has flourished in Southwest Louisiana and beyond, inspiring musicans ...

LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) – There is never a shortage of the music that makes Acadiana stand out at Festival International. If you are a fan of Zydeco, Cajun and Creole music, then you are already ...

The Lowcountry Cajun Festival is known for its food and its music, and this year's 23rd annual event is no exception. With acts hailing from across the country, James Island County Park will feature a ...

Before 1982, the words “zydeco” and “festival” were never used in the same sentence. The Creole accordion dance music had already migrated from the rural house dances of southwest Louisiana to clubs ...

HOUSTON — Houston is home to all kinds of music and music often tells the stories of a city's diverse communities. Zydeco is no different. It's created by age-old instruments played by modern men -- ...

PORTLAND, ORE. — Never mind the famous Oregon Trail. There’s a modern trail that extends 2,400 miles from the Pacific Northwest to South Louisiana that Portland area lovers of Acadiana culture have ...

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 ...

A fusion of Louisiana accordion music with Afro-Caribbean rhythms, blues, and R&B, zydeco is the irresistibly toe-tapping music of the Black Creole community in rural Southwest Louisiana, often sung ...