SCOTT, La. (KLFY) — Award-winning Zydeco musician Chubby Carrier visited French Immersion students in Scott to help them appreciate Louisiana’s Zydeco traditions. As a teaching artist with the ...

Cinelli’s second-generation King Zydeco takes the go-fast-everywhere design principle behind the original and strips back the mounts to drop weight. The new bike gets a UDH rear dropout, aerodynamic ...

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, ...

For everyone else, Aug. 30-31 is Labor Day weekend. For zydeco music fans, these are holy days of festival obligation. Seismic cultural shifts take root that weekend. St. Landry Parish and the ...

“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 ...

It’s not often that Louisiana zydeco master Dwayne Dopsie plays a sit-down venue, as he will at the City Winery on Aug. 17. What will he do there? “I’ll make them stand up. I’m pretty sure that by the ...

If life in southwest Louisiana was a highlight reel, zydeco would be the soundtrack. From backyard boils to graduation parties, no Louisiana celebration is complete without the music of local legends ...

Clifton Chenier, the Louisiana musician who pioneered the Creole R&B hybrid genre known as zydeco, isn't with us anymore. He passed away in 1987 from kidney disease that resulted from his diabetes.

The Rolling Stones’ reverence for blues and country is as well-established as Keith Richards’ penchant for scarves. But you may not immediately associate the band with zydeco, the French-sung, ...

On the cover, a young Chenier holds a 25-pound accordion the length of his torso, a big, mischievous smile on his face. Bon Ton Roulet! is a classic zydeco album showcasing the Creole dance music of ...

A deep dive into the complexities of Cajun and Zydeco music and dance. Cajun and Zydeco music are world-reknowned and catchy in their own right. But it’s the unique dancing styles associated with the ...