In his new book Texas Zydeco, Roger Wood pinpoints exactly where the origins of Franco-Creole zydeco music are found. At the risk of giving up some historical subplot, all you need to do is jump on ...

Before 1982, the words “zydeco” and “festival” were never used in the same sentence. The Creole accordion dance music had already migrated from the rural house dances of southwest Louisiana to clubs ...

Stanley “Buckwheat” Dural Jr., an accordionist, organist, singer and songwriter who, under the name Buckwheat Zydeco, championed traditional southwest Louisiana Creole dance music on the world stage, ...

When Louisiana zydeco musician Joe Hall died last year, he was in the middle of one of the busiest periods of his career. Hall and his band, Joe Hall and the Louisiana Cane Cutters, were working on ...

The 42nd Original Southwest Louisiana Zydeco Festival is coming at the end of this month. The festival takes place on August 31, at the Yambilee Festival Grounds with multiple activities leading up to ...

At the end of August, Opelousas, LA, the proclaimed zydeco capital of the world, will host the 37th Annual Original Southwest Louisiana Zydeco Music Festival. Since the first festival was held in 1982 ...

Lafayette Parish middle school students enjoyed a lively musical experience as legendary Zydeco musician Chubby Carrier ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — 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 ...

OPELOUSAS, La. – The lineup and dates for the 40 th Original Southwest Louisiana Zydeco Festival were announced Friday. The Zydeco season opens on August 4 and ends with the comeback Zydeco ...

A Zydeco musician was shot in the back while performing at an event in central Louisiana, his wife said in a statement posted early Saturday on Facebook. Chris Ardoin was performing as the Friday ...

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