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A new tribute album to the King of Zydeco Clifton Chenier will feature The Rolling Stones, Lucinda Williams, Taj Mahal, Steve ...
The Rolling Stones are one of the acts paying tribute to Louisiana Zydeco king Clifton Chenier. On the album ‘A Tribute to the King of Zydeco’, The Rolling Stones join Stevie Riley for “Zydeco Sont ...
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, ...
Lafayette is known for the exceptional quality of its live music. Almost any day of the week, Acadiana residents can catch ...
Zydeco pioneer Clifton Chenier would've turned 100 on June 25. Valcour Records founder Joel Savoy and Los Lobos’ Steve Berlin ...
Recommended Videos Savoy's primary role was to assemble the local backing band to support these artists — and to spotlight “the Zydeco legacy families,” he said. “My job was to help create ...
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 ...