To mark the 100th anniversary of zydeco pioneer Clifton Chenier, Smithsonian Folkways will release a box set on Arhoolie ...

It’s Zydeco Night and the last day of Lunch Break performances at the W-C Handy Blues and Barbeque Festival. Crowds are ...

The marshy interior of southern Louisiana is home to a cuisine, language and sound all its own. Today, Cajun and Zydeco music, often sung in French, is enjoying a renaissance.

Cynthia Simien is also an agent and booking manager who has long worked with her husband to promote Louisiana music worldwide ...

Downtown Rising 2025 will feature a lineup of Zydeco, Reggae, and World Music, as well as local food vendors, activities for all ages, and a tribute to Social Entertainment’s 15th ...

This vibrant Lafayette artist will appear on a record bringing together two greats: the Rolling Stones, and King of Zydeco Clifton Chenier.

To celebrate the box set, a tribute concert takes place in November at Wolf Trap National Park, a pavilion-style venue near ...

Carrier’s performances include the Chicago Blues Festival and the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. He has played ...

Zydeco Extravaganza, held at the Blackham Coliseum in Lafayette brought together over a thousand zydeco fans from around the world to celebrate the rhythms of creole culture and local vendors selling ...

The Black equestrian tradition, often set to Zydeco music with hundreds of people line dancing in the woods, has grown into a collective show of Black horsemanship.

One of Birmingham’s oldest music venues has closed. The owners of Zydeco the concert hall and pub in Five Points South, announced the venue has closed. The owners plan to relocate the venue in 2025.