The Southwest Louisiana Zydeco Festival is set to celebrate its 44th year on September 5 at the Yambilee Festival Grounds, honoring Sid Williams with a diverse musical lineup.

The Original Southwest Louisiana Zydeco Festival returns Sept. 5 with live music, Creole food, arts and crafts and a tribute ...

The Rolling Stones will return with a new song that might surprise casual fans: "Zydeco Sont Pas Sales," a song with Creole French lyrics popularized by zydeco pioneer Clifton Chenier of Opelousas, ...

On the cover, a young Chenier holds a 25-pound accordion the length of his torso, a big, mischievous smile on his face. Bon Ton Roulet! is a classic zydeco album showcasing the Creole dance music of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Zydeco, a music genre created by the Black Creole community, has flourished in Southwest Louisiana and beyond, inspiring musicans ...

The 44th Original Southwest Louisiana Zydeco Festival returns to Opelousas in September with live music and much more ...

Long before electrified zydeco bands filled dance halls, Creole musicians gathered for acoustic "la-la" house parties across southwest Louisiana. Two young Lafayette musicians are trying to bring that ...

It didn’t take a lot to get the crowd at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival's Fais Do-Do Stage to start moving. Almost from the first notes, people were bouncing, and a few couples began dancing ...

A fusion of Louisiana accordion music with Afro-Caribbean rhythms, blues, and R&B, zydeco is the irresistibly toe-tapping music of the Black Creole community in rural Southwest Louisiana, often sung ...