If fans of southwest Louisiana music listen closely to pop icon Beyoncé's new album, they may notice hints of something familiar: zydeco. The 27-track "Act II: Cowboy Carter," released Friday, has ...

The world of zydeco music lost one of its seminal clubs to a mysterious fire on Tuesday night, in a small town just outside of Opelousas, the self-described zydeco capital of the world. Current owner ...

One thousand five hundred miles northeast of Lafayette is one of the nation’s newest Cajun and zydeco festivals. The Bayou Boogie, three days of dancing and camping in the rolling Connecticut hills, ...

One of Birmingham’s oldest music venues has closed. The owners of Zydeco the concert hall and pub in Five Points South, announced the venue has closed. The owners plan to relocate the venue in 2025.

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 ...

Zydeco music, born from Black and Creole communities along the Texas-Louisiana border, is finding new life through local artists who are carrying the genre's century-old traditions into the next ...

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 ...

Cajun country is an "exotic land like no where else," according to CBS 60 Minutes correspondent Jon Wertheim. The reporter spent time in the Acadiana area learning about the culture of Cajun and ...

Couples spin and turn, rocking back and forth, swinging apart and then dipping close. An accordion alternates its pumping pulse with a funky bass riff, forcing your shoulders to jump in time to the ...

HOUSTON — Houston is home to all kinds of music and music often tells the stories of a city's diverse communities. Zydeco is no different. It's created by age-old instruments played by modern men -- ...

OPELOUSAS, La. (KLFY)– The 41st Annual Southwest Zydeco Festival kicked off with many fun activities for people to enjoy Saturday in Acadiana. The festival had a huge impact on people around the ...