More than 30 years of scorching performances helped Clifton Chenier keep the zydeco crown even after his death at 62 years old in 1987. Last year saw many events marking the 100th anniversary of ...

Clifton Chenier is known as the King of Zydeco. He was a pioneering accordion player who melded Black Creole dance music from ...

Five days after the all-star Clifton Chenier tribute album A Tribute to the King of Zydeco won a Grammy Award for best regional roots music album, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings and Arhoolie Records ...

When you're known as the King of Zydeco music, like the late Clifton Chenier was, it only makes sense that other recording legends would want to honor you. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "ZYDECO SONT PAS SALES") ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chenier in 1984. The zydeco pioneer would have turned 100 this year. - Credit: Paul Natkin/Getty Images A few months ago, Joel ...

Mark St. Mary's Louisiana Blues & Zydeco Band is a 5 member band that plays traditional Louisiana blues and zydeco music. Dubbed the "Delta King" and awarded the "Best Zydeco Band" in 2007 by Bay Area ...

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, ...

According to his early recollections, Lynn August remembers having some sight until he was about four years old. His vision failed rapidly after that though, and August would spend the rest of his ...

Universal Preservation Hall has announced that Louisiana Music Hall of Famer, Zydeco Music Association Lifetime Achievement Award winner and Grammy nominee Nathan and the Zydeco Cha Chas will light up ...

A few months ago, Joel Savoy, the Louisiana Cajun musician and label owner, was at a local pressing plant looking over the cover art for a just-finished tribute album to zydeco legend Clifton Chenier.