Browsing: Zydeco

‘Médikamen,’ out August 25, is Ledet’s first zydeco album written and performed completely in Kouri-Vini (Louisiana Creole)!

Dwayne Dopsie has won his second Best Zydeco award this year, and he’s a featured performer in Grammy-winning movie ‘Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story.’

“Praise my father’s music and keep it going!” ‘Set Me Free’ out via Lousiana Red Hot Records!

Corey’s rise to Zydeco royalty in the 21st century was a fait accompli

“I’m learning to play the style of music that they played back in the day and mixing it with mine.”

Corey’s rise to Zydeco royalty in the 21st century was a fait accompli

Goldman Thibodeaux and the Lawtell Playboys’ ‘La Danse à St. Ann’s is available May 29th via Nouveau Electric Records.

SIMI VALLEY, Calif. — The 28th annual Simi Valley Cajun & Blues Music Festival will celebrate great music again this…

Zydeco dynamite Clifton Chenier was the baddest bluesman out of the bayou state. Zydeco’s a genre developed by Creole folks in southwestern Louisiana. It’s like a gumbo–a little bit of blues, a little bit of country, a little bit of sound all the bayou’s own. And it was made famous by Monsieur Chenier himself…

Bring yourself up to Contino’s Back Porch Dogma, and you’ll find a blues message to believe in!