Two hours west of New Orleans, the town of Opelousas is one of the best places to experience this irresistibly toe-tapping music genre created by Louisiana’s Black Creole community.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jeffery Broussard, one of Louisiana's most dynamic and respected zydeco musicians, is once again pushing the boundaries of Creole ...

Zydeco music, deeply rooted in Black and Creole culture, thrives today through artists like CJ Chenier, who honor its rich ...

A new interpretive exhibit designed to teach locals and visitors about zydeco music has opened in Opelousas. The City of Opelousas Tourism created the “Zydeco Music” exhibit, which explores the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. GREEN LAKE – Nathan & The Zydeco Cha Chas are expected to bring their signature Louisiana dance music to Thrasher Opera House in ...

When "60 Minutes" came to the Lafayette area last fall to film a segment on Cajun and zydeco music, they were confronted with the energy of a thriving cultural scene. CBS correspondent Jon Wertheim ...

Musician Stanley "Buckwheat" Dural Jr., who rose from a cotton-picking family in southwest Louisiana to introduce zydeco music to the world through his namesake band Buckwheat Zydeco, has died. He was ...

On a bright and humid afternoon in early May, Louisiana musicians gathered on the barn-like Fais Do-Do stage at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival to celebrate royalty: Clifton Chenier, the ...

Clifton Chenier Centennial. In this centennial year of the birth of Clifton Chenier, many events and projects are celebrating the zydeco music pioneer and his international impact. Wednesday, June 25, ...

San Diego’s four-day Gator by the Bay festival will celebrate its 21st anniversary next Thursday through May 12 with more than 100 performances celebrating an array of homegrown American roots-music ...

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 ...