The snap beans aren’t salted." "Zydeco" is rooted in R&B, rock ‘n’ roll and soul music, and indigenous to rural Southwest Louisiana, created by French-speaking, African Americans of Creole heritage.

Louisiana has always been a state that dances to its own beat. That beat might be a jazz brunch in Lake Charles, Cajun dance at a traditional pig roast in Baton Rouge, or swamp pop blasting out a ...

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") ...

Being more than 1,300 miles from New Orleans, Boulder is an unlikely spot for a Mardi Gras celebration complete with a rockin’ zydeco band, Cajun food, dancing, drinking and costumed foolery. However, ...

A2: Zydeco Unplugged is proud to host the Heritage Tent on festival grounds, where we'll highlight the educational side of our culture — language, ancestry, storytelling, and of course, the music.

Zydeco musician Jeffery Broussard releases a new album, "Bayou Moonlight," blending traditional Creole music with New Orleans brass influences. Broussard, raised in a musical family, learned to play ...

One of Simien’s fondest memories came during his first European tour in 1988, while opening shows for Fats Domino and Sarah Vaughn. He sensed an unusual smell in the hallway of his fancy hotel in Bern ...

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.

“I’m French, African, Spanish, Native American, German and Norwegian. That’s my DNA,” says Terrance Simien, who in 40 years of performing more than 8,500 live shows in more than 45 countries has ...