"A Tribute To The King Of Zydeco" was awarded as the Best Regional Roots Music Album at the 68th annual Grammy Awards Sunday ...

(WHTM) — A winner of a Grammy award this past weekend has deep ties to the Midstate. John Leopold won in the category of best ...

A Tribute to the King of Zydeco, from Eunice-based Valcour Records, won the Best Regional Roots Music Album category ...

More than 30 years of scorching performances helped Clifton Chenier keep the zydeco crown even after his death at 62 years old in 1987. Last year saw many events marking the 100th anniversary of ...

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, ...

When "60 Minutes" came to the Lafayette area last fall to film a segment on Cajun and zydeco music, they were confronted with the energy of a thriving cultural scene. CBS correspondent Jon Wertheim ...

Fifth-grade band students from Port Arthur Elementary Schools learned about Zydeco music and the cultures behind it at the Museum of the Gulf Coast’s Zydeco photography exhibit on Tuesday. Despite ...

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 ...

PUTNEY — Join in for a celebration of Zydeco music at the Vermont Zydeco Party. Two of area’s top Zydeco bands will bring their rhythms and high-energy performances to Next Stage on Saturday, Oct. 11, ...

Couples spin and turn, rocking back and forth, swinging apart and then dipping close. An accordion alternates its pumping pulse with a funky bass riff, forcing your shoulders to jump in time to the ...