WHAT IS "ZYDECO RHYTHMS FOR A REASON" AND HOW DID IT COME ABOUT? Answer: Zydeco Rhythms for a Reason is a benefit concert hosted by Lafayette Habitat for Humanity featuring Geno Delafose & French ...
A few months ago, Joel Savoy, the Louisiana Cajun musician and label owner, was at a local pressing plant looking over the cover art for a just-finished tribute album to zydeco legend Clifton Chenier.
Some of the biggest names in zydeco music will perform two free shows at Zion Hill Historic Site later this month. Rockin’ Dopsie and The Zydeco Twisters and Jesse Lége will perform Aug. 21 and 22 at ...
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, ...
“The King at 100: Clifton Chenier” debuts Friday, April 25, in the Grandstand at the 2025 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. The exhibition presents the visual and musical story of Chenier’s life.
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, ...
Stanley "Buckwheat" Dural waited for decades to get a Grammy Award, and it has a prominent place in his Louisiana home. "I have a upright baby grand, and I keep it up there with a whole bunch of ...
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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 ...