Jeffery Broussard, one of Louisiana's most dynamic and respected zydeco musicians, is once again pushing the boundaries of Creole music. His latest project, "Bayou Moonlight," recorded with his new ...

THIS YEAR MARKS THE 38TH ANNUAL ZYDECO EXTRAVAGANZA—WHAT CAN ATTENDEES EXPECT THAT'S NEW AND EXCITING IN 2025? We're thrilled to introduce the Creole Heritage Tent this year! Zydeco Unplugged has ...

New Orleans, LA (July 2025) — The NOLA Zydeco Festival is expanding its footprint and celebrating a milestone year. Now in its fifth year, the festival is moving to Heritage Park in Slidell, Louisiana ...

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 ...

LAFAYETTE, La. — Originally from Opelousas, the Grammy Award-winning artist Clifton Chenier is coined for having combined different instruments and sounds with traditional French creole music. He's ...

When Louisiana zydeco musician Joe Hall died last year, he was in the middle of one of the busiest periods of his career. Hall and his band, Joe Hall and the Louisiana Cane Cutters, were working on ...

LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — Lena Charles grew up in Opelousas hearing the rhythmic tunes of zydeco, a genre of music that became a big part of her life from a very young age. The unique mixture of rhythm ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. The album was recorded at Dockside Studios in Maurice, Louisiana, ...

Before 1982, the words “zydeco” and “festival” were never used in the same sentence. The Creole accordion dance music had already migrated from the rural house dances of southwest Louisiana to clubs ...

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Zydeco musician Jeffery Broussard releases a new album, "Bayou Moonlight," blending traditional Creole music with New Orleans brass influences. Broussard, raised in a musical family, learned to play ...