When zydeco superstar C.J. Chenier steps onto a stage and looks out over a crowd, he has one thing in mind: get them on their feet and make them dance. With a solo career dating back to 1987 and six ...

ST. LANDRY PARISH — The sounds of washboards and accordions will once again fill Opelousas this weekend as the 43rd Annual Original Southwest Louisiana Zydeco Music Festival returns with a full lineup ...

Some of our region's biggest Zydeco acts will be in Opelousas next week, playing in support of the Clifton Chenier Centennial fundraiser and the Slim's Y-Ki-Ki Zydeco dance hall restoration project.

When Sid Williams opened El Sid O's Zydeco and Blues Club in Lafayette in 1984, he helped launch musicians — including members of his own family — who would go on to become some of the genre's most ...

Couples spin and turn, rocking back and forth, swinging apart and then dipping close. An accordion alternates its pumping pulse with a funky bass riff, forcing your shoulders to jump in time to the ...

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Mark St. Mary's Louisiana Blues & Zydeco Band is a 5 member band that plays traditional Louisiana blues and zydeco music. Dubbed the "Delta King" and awarded the "Best Zydeco Band" in 2007 by Bay Area ...

BELLOWS FALLS -- Buckwheat Zydeco headlines a Creole Dance Celebration to benefit Black Sheep Radio on tonight at 8 p.m., at the Bellows Falls Opera House. Stanley Dural, aka Buckwheat Zydeco, won the ...

LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — Lena Charles grew up in Opelousas hearing the rhythmic tunes of zydeco, a genre of music that became a big part of her life from a very young age. The unique mixture of rhythm ...