It was love at first sight for “Suzie Q” and “Harmonica Red” at the 1984 Possum Town Pig Festival in Columbus, Miss. Suzie was a microbiologist standing in the audience. Red had the harmonica, playing ...

When Bruce “Sunpie” Barnes arrived in New Orleans almost 20 years ago, he felt an uncanny recognition when he heard people speaking Creole French. “I picked it up right away,” Barnes said. “When I was ...

Ron Kowalewski is a professional musician, educator, and songwriter whose modern zydeco anthem “Two Step Gorilla” has become a fan favorite (and was recently chosen as song of the day by Buffalo’s ...

When The Squeezebox Stompers return to Amazing Things Arts Center in Framingham on June 3 for a night of spirited earthy Cajun and Zydeco music, the audience will have two choices: sit and listen or ...

Music fans celebrated the 100th anniversary of the birth of the King of Zydeco, Clifton Chenier, late last month. Chenier (June 25, 1925 -- December 12, 1987) was a pioneering musician from Opelousas, ...

When you hear Terrance Simien speak, with a slow, warm, musical cadence and a colorful South Louisiana accent, a smile is bound to creep across your face. Your heart might even skip a beat. It’s just ...

The Louisiana-born Chenier was a singer and accordion player who pioneered the zydeco genre, which brought together the influences of Creole music, Cajun music, R&B, and the blues. The Grammy-winning ...

Corey Ledet wrote an album to help him learn Kouri-Vini. Growing up, the zydeco musician would hear the older members of his family speaking a Louisiana Creole dialect called Kouri-Vini while visiting ...

The Rolling Stones' reverence for blues and country is as well-established as Keith Richards' penchant for scarves. But you may not immediately associate the band with zydeco, the French-sung, ...