Zydeco pioneer Clifton Chenier would have turned 100 this year; a new album featuring the Rolling Stones and Lucinda Williams ...

Once seen as a regional dance-music curiosity, zydeco has turned into an international art form. For proof, look no further ...

Clifton Chenier, the "King of Zydeco," is being honored with a celebration in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, including a ...

Chenier came to be known as the King of Zydeco. He toured Europe; won a Grammy for his 1982 album, I’m Here! ; performed at ...

To celebrate the box set, a tribute concert takes place in November at Wolf Trap National Park, a pavilion-style venue near ...

To mark the 100th anniversary of zydeco pioneer Clifton Chenier, Smithsonian Folkways will release a box set on Arhoolie ...

This vibrant Lafayette artist will appear on a record bringing together two greats: the Rolling Stones, and King of Zydeco Clifton Chenier.

The New Orleans Jazz Museum will celebrate the 100th birthday of Clifton Chenier with tickets benefitting a scholarship fund.

In some ways, the lawsuit filed against C.J. Chenier by the heirs of zydeco musician Clifton Chenier is a matter of setting the record straight as at least one of the 22 plaintiffs sees it.

One of the likely highlights will be a centennial tribute — albeit one year early — to zydeco-music king Clifton Chenier. His propulsive, dance-happy fusion of Louisiana Creole dance music ...

A suit filed by the heirs of Clifton Chenier against C.J. Chenier in the 15th Judicial District Court alleges, among other things, that the King of Zydeco was medically unable to have any ...