In the 1980s, Stanley “Buckwheat” Dural ignited interest in an exotic form of American music called zydeco. Thanks to a fortunate burst of media exposure and Dural’s accordion expertise, what had been ...

LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — Lena Charles grew up in Opelousas hearing the rhythmic tunes of zydeco, a genre of music that became a big part of her life from a very young age. The unique mixture of rhythm ...

This article is part of our November 2017 issue, which features a comprehensive look at Texas music. The wooded backstreets leading to Bruno’s Triangle 7 Arena one rainy Saturday night last spring ...

I was at the Fais-Do-Do Stage at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival a few years ago when a friend of mine in the music business commented to me about the state of zydeco. Zydeco, for those of ...

HACKETTSTOWN — the Centenary Stage Company presents Nathan and The Zydeco Cha-Chas 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 5 in the new David and Carol Lackland Center on the campus of Centenary College. Nathan ...

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As the National Museum of African American Music opens its doors, journalists from the USA TODAY Network explore the stories, places and people who helped make music what it is today in our expansive ...

An enthusiastic fan plays his personal washboard as others dance to the Bruce Daigrepont Cajun Band, which performs Cajun and Zydeco style music. Daigrepont performs at Tipitina's in New Orleans every ...

Zydeco accordionist and bandleader Keith Frank had a tough row of les haricots, so to speak, to hoe at New Orleans Jazz Fest early Sunday afternoon. The first half-hour or so of his set on the Fais Do ...

Kick Up Your Heels, Zydeco Style: On Saturday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Ives Park (7400 Willow St., Sebastopol) will be lively with Zydeco music and Cajun food at the 18th annual Sebastopol Cajun-Zydeco ...