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 ...

Have you ever heard of the Southwest Louisiana-born genre known as zydeco? This gorgeous genre of music was created by the often French-speaking Afro-American Creole musicians of that particular area, ...

Two recent events that occurred in the French Quarter attested to the uniqueness of the area and the message of each fundraiser. “Sunday Best” and its Exhibition Gala Opening took place in the Old ...

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- The couple behind Zydeco Kitchen and Cocktails is expanding its footprint into Bend's Old Mill District, with a Pacific Northwest-inspired gourmet deli called Stacks Dinner and ...

NOLA Zydeco Fest is celebrating five years with a special kickoff event at Palmettos on the Bayou in Slidell.The festival’s milestone season will begin with a Zydeco Sunday Funday featuring live music ...

BEAUMONT, Texas — Our Mother of Mercy Catholic Church will hold its annual zydeco dance fundraiser on Friday, September 5, at 8 p.m., with doors opening at 7:30 p.m. The event, featuring Rusty Metoyer ...

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 ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Public broadcasters are seeking new avenues to sustain their public media stations following federal cuts. “It wasn’t the news that we wanted, but when we found out, we just had ...

Some of the biggest names in zydeco music will perform two free shows at Zion Hill Historic Site later this month. Rockin’ Dopsie and The Zydeco Twisters and Jesse Lége will perform Aug. 21 and 22 at ...