The album, released on musician Joel Savoy’s Valcour Records label based in Eunice, pairs rock, folk and blues icons with ...

A new tribute album to the King of Zydeco Clifton Chenier will feature The Rolling Stones, Lucinda Williams, Taj Mahal, Steve ...

Zydeco pioneer Clifton Chenier would've turned 100 on June 25. Valcour Records founder Joel Savoy and Los Lobos’ Steve Berlin ...

A longtime journalist covering Louisiana music and culture, he lives in Opelousas. His “Zydeco Stomp” show airs at noon Saturdays on KRVS 88.7 FM.

The track is set to appear on the all-star Tribute to the King of Zydeco, to be released on June 27 in celebration of Chenier's 100th birthday. Grammy-nominated Louisiana accordion player Steve ...

The Rolling Stones and Lucinda Williams are among the many famous artists featured on an upcoming tribute album to late zydeco king Clifton Chenier.

which will provide financial assistance to students studying traditional music — specifically zydeco accordion — at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

which will provide financial assistance to students studying traditional music — specifically zydeco accordion — at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. 1. “Zydeco Sont Pas Salés ...

the late King of Zydeco. NEW YORK (AP) — The Rolling Stones’Mick Jagger sings in swaggering French. Louisiana native Lucinda Williams delivers a slow, slinky, swamp pop sound. Steve Earle ...

Zydeco music evolved from an acoustic folk idiom known as “la-la” in the 1920s, according to the Texas State Historical Association. The music was unique to Black Creoles originally from rural ...