NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to C.J. Chenier and Joel Savoy about the new album celebrating Clifton Chenier, "A Tribute to the King of Zydeco." ...

"The music he made will live on in the hearts and minds of his fans, friends, and family," the family said of the musician.

Louisiana music lovers are mourning the passing of a local legend. Louisiana swamp pop icon Tommy McClain has died. He was 85 ...

(KALB) - Tommy McLain, a beloved swamp pop musician whose 1966 hit “Sweet Dreams” reached No. 15 on the Billboard Hot 100, ...

On July 22, 1982, the first Southwest Original Louisiana Zydeco Music Festival took place in a soybean field in the outskirts ...

The single appears alongside a 1965 Clifton Chenier recording and is released by El Cerrito's Arhoolie Records.