LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) — Acadiana is home to an art form unique to America: Zydeco. Herman Fuselier is a historian and enthusiast of the genre, and also the Executive Director/CEO of St. Landry Parish ...

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 ...

LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY)— Zydeco music has been a staple in Acadiana for many years. It started being played on front porches and now can be heard being played all over the world. It’s a type of music ...

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 ...

PORT ARTHUR, Texas — With Zydeco music deeply rooted in Southwest Louisiana, it is no surprise that its influence made its way across state lines into Port Arthur, the Cajun capital of Texas. Among ...

If a crowd isn’t dancing at a zydeco dancehall, one of two things is usually happening: the band is terrible or something bigger is capturing their attention. On May 27 at the legendary Slim’s Y-Ki-Ki ...

The modest, cream-colored '50s-era chapel that's home to St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church in Houston looks like many other places of worship you might find in urban America. The first clue to a ...

Stanley “Buckwheat” Dural Jr., the accordionist and ambassador of zydeco music who performed under the stage name Buckwheat Zydeco, died Saturday following a battle with lung cancer. He was 68. “It is ...

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 ...