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Performers Marcia Ball, Sonny Landreth and Chenier’s son C.J. will lead a tribute to the legendary accordionist at 5:50 p.m.
Fans dancing in the crowd during The Wailers featuring Julian Marley Jazz Fest’s Congo Square Stage on Friday, May 2, 2025.
The album, released on musician Joel Savoy’s Valcour Records label based in Eunice, pairs rock, folk and blues icons with ...
Steve Earle, Taj Mahal, Jimmie Vaughan, Charley Crockett and more energize Creole classics from accordionist and pioneer ...
The Rolling Stones and Lucinda Williams are among the many famous artists featured on an upcoming tribute album to late ...
The Rolling Stones will return with a new song that might surprise casual fans: “Zydeco Sont Pas Sales,” a song with Creole ...
The Stones' Keith Richards said in a statement, “Zydeco and Clifton Chenier have been with me since forever! It’s deep South with some interesting French.” The first song out from “A Tribu ...
Steve Earle, Taj Mahal, Jimmie Vaughan, Charley Crockett and more energize Creole classics from accordionist and pioneer Clifton Chenier, the late King of Zydeco. Chenier, who died in 1987 due to ...