Southwest Louisiana temporarily relocates to Uptown New Orleans this weekend for the fourth Cajun/Zydeco Dance Fest at Tipitina's, with two full days of live music and dance contests. Geno Delafose ...

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 ...

Melvin Smith and Rozyland Blanchard dance to music by The Bruce Daigrepont Cajun Band during Sunday Cajun Fais Do Do: Tipitina's weekly Cajun dance party on Sunday January 13, 2013. Smith said he's ...

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Terrance Simien will be kicking up a dance party with his Zydeco Experience on Saturday night, June 8, 2024, with an Iowa Arts Festival main stage concert in downtown Iowa City. The two-time Grammy ...

Even though she had Creole blood running through her veins, Lena Fontenot Charles was not well-versed in zydeco music. But all that changed roughly 30 years ago. In 1986, Charles became involved with ...

PUTNEY — Join in for a celebration of Zydeco music at the Vermont Zydeco Party. Two of area’s top Zydeco bands will bring their rhythms and high-energy performances to Next Stage on Saturday, Oct. 11, ...

IN FESTIVAL CENTRAL, ONE UPCOMING EVENT IS PAYING TRIBUTE TO A STYLE OF MUSIC UNIQUE TO LOUISIANA. HERE TO TELL US MORE ABOUT THIS YEAR’S ZYDECO FEST ARE GABRIELLE DICULOUS. I GOT IT RIGHT. AND ...

San Diego’s four-day Gator by the Bay festival will celebrate its 21st anniversary next Thursday through May 12 with more than 100 performances celebrating an array of homegrown American roots-music ...

Zydeco-music pioneer and Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award-winner Clifton Chenier’s centennial was celebrated a year early Friday night at San DIego’s 21st annual Gator by the Bay, but who’s counting?

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 ...