Zydeco pioneer Clifton Chenier would've turned 100 on June 25. Valcour Records founder Joel Savoy and Los Lobos’ Steve Berlin ...

The album, released on musician Joel Savoy’s Valcour Records label based in Eunice, pairs rock, folk and blues icons with ...

The New Orleans Jazz Museum is honoring Clifton Chenier, the undisputed king of Zydeco music, during Jazz Fest with an ...

The Carrier Family Celebration will take place at the Yambilee Building in Opelousas, Louisiana, April 25-27, honoring the ...

From live DJs to foam bubbles and zydeco rhythms, the streets were buzzing. The party kicked off at 4 p.m. with Roper Romp, ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Today marks the beginning of 55th annual Jazz and Heritage Festival! Appearing at the Fair Grounds will be such stars as John Fogerty, Gladys Knight, and Lil Wayne. But this ...

A new tribute album to the King of Zydeco Clifton Chenier will feature The Rolling Stones, Lucinda Williams, Taj Mahal, Steve ...

Jagger and the Stones perform on “A Tribute to the King of Zydeco,” a 14-song album that salutes the centennial of Chenier’s birth, June 25, 1925. Chenier became a Grammy Hall of Fame ...

Steve Earle, Taj Mahal, Jimmie Vaughan, Charley Crockett and more energize Creole classics from accordionist and pioneer Clifton Chenier, the late King of Zydeco. Chenier, who died in 1987 due to ...

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