Having been the leading ambassador for zydeco music since the late '70s, Stanley Dural Jr., better known as Buckwheat Zydeco, has become its pied piper as well through family concerts, including the ...

Stanley Dural Jr., known to the world as Buckwheat Zydeco, is music’s best-selling zydeco artist. Following six Grammy nominations, the Carencro singer and accordion and organ player’s 2009 album, ...

"I'm Coming Home (To See My Mother)" opens with the sound of the instrument that connects Zydeco with other forms of music that originated in and around Louisiana: the accordion. It's followed by the ...

It's hard to find a picture of Stanley "Buckwheat" Dural without an accordion strapped to his chest. The instrument - the soul of Dural's beloved zydeco music - has been his constant companion for ...

Andre Thierry’s journey to the forefront of the West Coast zydeco community began with an accordion in his grandmother’s closet. “She would get mad because I would sneak into the closet and play it, ...

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Multi-Grammy Award winner and artist Terrance Simien has traveled all around the world sharing his music, from multiple countries including Ukraine and Africa, to all 50 states. He will be bringing ...

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.

A new mural was unveiled in Sunset celebrating the lasting impact of the Chenier brothers on Zydeco music. The artwork honors ...

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") ...