Some of the biggest names in zydeco music will perform two free shows at Zion Hill Historic Site later this month.

Festivals Acadiens et Créoles announced the music lineup for the 49th annual music festival, which will take place Oct. 13-15 at Girard Park in Lafayette. This free Cajun and Zydeco festival will ...

Gates open each day at 2 p.m., with the music going from 3 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Saturday kicks off with fiddler Waylon Thibodeaux, followed by Prends Courage at 4:30 p.m., Buckwheat Zydeco Jr. & the ...

The marshy interior of southern Louisiana is home to a cuisine, language and sound all its own. Today, Cajun and Zydeco music, often sung in French, is enjoying a renaissance.

The origins of zydeco This distinct, accordion-driven, foot-stomping Louisiana music born from Creole culture combines the sounds of various genres—including blues, rock, jazz and gospel.

Fifth-grade band students from Port Arthur Elementary Schools learned about Zydeco music and the cultures behind it at the Museum of the Gulf Coast’s Zydeco photography exhibit on Tuesday ...

Though Rosie grew up in the heart of zydeco country, she wasn t drawn to the music s African and Caribbean rhythms from the start. As kids, she and her peers were not interested in the music ...

Houstonians can celebrate Zydeco at festivals across the region this year with music, dancing and food. Zydeco music evolved from an acoustic folk idiom known as “la-la” in the 1920s ...