One hundred years after his birth, Clifton Chenier is ready for his close-up. Three high-profile projects, in the works for years, commemorate the 100th anniversary of the King of Zydeco’s birth near ...
The Rolling Stones don’t contribute to tribute albums. They don’t release recordings billed as “The Rolling Stones featuring….” some other artist. And Mick Jagger doesn’t sing in Creole French. But ...
The Rolling Stones are once again waving the flag of their musical forebears with a cover of Clifton Chenier’s zydeco tune “Zydeco Sont Pas Salés.” Chenier, an accordionist and singer who would have ...
The Rolling Stones in French, Lucinda Williams and more pay tribute to Zydeco legend Clifton Chenier
Detroit City Football Club employee Jarrett M. Maki, 25, has been terminated following his arrest and charges related to making terrorist threats. Chenier, who died in 1987 due to diabetes-related ...
LAFAYETTE, La. (WVUE) - To honor what would have been his 100th birthday, a tribute album honoring Louisiana zydeco pioneer Clifton Chenier will be released Wednesday (June 25). The album was recorded ...
The Rolling Stones have new music out, their first since 2023's Hackney Diamonds. It's a cover of "Zydeco Sont Pas Sales," recorded originally by the zydeco pioneer Clifton Chenier, fittingly released ...
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." When you're known as the King of Zydeco music, like the ...
This week, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival will mark the centennial of the birth of the King of Zydeco — Louisiana music great Clifton Chenier. Performers Marcia Ball, Sonny Landreth and ...
On a bright and humid afternoon in early May, Louisiana musicians gathered on the barn-like Fais Do-Do stage at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival to celebrate royalty: Clifton Chenier, the ...
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