The family that plays together stays together, or so goes the old saying. When it comes to Zydeco music, family often does indeed stay together. In Rita Colligan Manuel’s photo exhibition “Memories of ...

Fifth-grade band students from Port Arthur Elementary Schools learned about Zydeco music and the cultures behind it at the Museum of the Gulf Coast’s Zydeco photography exhibit on Tuesday. Despite ...

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 ...

Stanley Dural Jr., known to the world as Buckwheat Zydeco, is music’s best-selling zydeco artist. Following six Grammy nominations, the Carencro singer and accordion and organ player’s 2009 album, ...

At the 50th anniversary of Festivals Acadiens et Créoles and much more! We delve into one of the most famous genres of Louisiana music: Zydeco. At the 50th anniversary of Festivals Acadiens et Créoles ...

Chances to hear live zydeco music in this area were rare a few short years ago. But today, as the popularity of the high-energy dance music has spread beyond its Southwest Louisiana home, zydeco can ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The American accordionist Stanley "Buckwheat" Dural, Jr., who brought wider attention to the Creole musical styles of his native Louisiana through his band Buckwheat Zydeco, died ...

Although 27-year-old Alphonse Ardoin is the great-grandson of pioneering Creole accordionist and singer Alphonse “Bois Sec” Ardoin, he didn’t grow up immersed in that musical legacy. The younger ...

The people of Opelousas, Louisiana, prepare for the annual Zydeco Festival, a celebration that has been a cornerstone of the community for over four decades. The Zydeco Festival, an event deeply ...