Though legendary zydeco artist Queen Ida, the first female accordionist to lead a zydeco band, won’t be appearing at The Big Squeeze, the 4th Annual Orange County Accordion Festival, her presence will ...

May 8 - Rita Coolidge, Asleep at the Wheel and Queen Ida & Her Zydeco Band will be among the musical attractions at the Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities' amphitheater this summer. Single-show ...

Chances to hear live zydeco music in this area were rare a few short years ago. But today, as the popularity of the high-energy dance music has spread beyond its Southwest Louisiana home, zydeco can ...

Back in the early days of KXCI 91.3, the community radio station’s monthly House Rockin’ fundraising concert series regularly brought in the biggest names of zydeco, from Queen Ida and the Bon Temps, ...

$22 in advance, with discounts available through CD City, Antigone Books and KXCI. $25 at the door. 623-1000.

Queen Ida performing in 1996. (www.KnowLA.org) This week, for our look back at notable fresh corn recipes in our files, we found this gem from Zydeco Queen Ida Guillory. It was published in early 1991 ...

LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — Lena Charles grew up in Opelousas hearing the rhythmic tunes of zydeco, a genre of music that became a big part of her life from a very young age. The unique mixture of rhythm ...