When you're known as the King of Zydeco music, like the late Clifton Chenier was, it only makes sense that other recording legends would want to honor you. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "ZYDECO SONT PAS SALES") ...

Accordion ace Corey Ledet has made fans dance to zydeco on the beaches of Hawaii. He’s toured Russia with his own security detail in tow. Ledet recently had so many Alaskans moving and grooving at the ...

If Jimmy Page played accordion, and if Taraf de Haidouks sang the blues, they’d be partying along side Israeli-born, London-based multi-instrumentalist Koby Israelite. With devil-may-care daring, the ...

Accordionist "Weird Al" Yankovic this week put a Houston date on his upcoming tour: He'll play July 14 at the Alice and George Brown Theater. That tour is part of the parodist's surprise resurgence: ...

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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to C.J. Chenier and Joel Savoy about the new album celebrating Clifton Chenier, "A Tribute to the King of Zydeco." When you're known as the King of Zydeco music, like the ...