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The Rolling Stones' cover, featuring accordionist Steve Riley and Mick Jagger singing in French Creole, is the latest teaser ...
The Rolling Stones' reverence for blues and country is as well-established as Keith Richards' penchant for scarves. But you ...
Zydeco legend Clifton Chenier would have turned 100 in 2025. This year he's the subject of a book, a box set and a tribute ...
The late Clifton Chenier, Zydeco pioneer known for his Creole-inspired sound rooted in blues, Cajun and R&B, is being bolstered by the music community ...
Joel Savoy, the Eunice-based Cajun fiddler and Valcour Records founder, co-produced most of A Tribute to the King of Zydeco ...
Clifton Chenier, the Louisiana musician who pioneered the Creole R&B hybrid genre known as zydeco, isn’t with us anymore. He passed away in 1987 from kidney disease that resulted from his diabetes.
The Rolling Stones have contributed to a Clifton Chenier tribute album with their recording of ‘Zydeco Sont Pas Salés’ in collaboration with Steve Riley.
Zydeco pioneer Clifton Chenier would have turned 100 this year; a new album featuring the Rolling Stones and Lucinda Williams ...
"I’d never heard the accordion in the blues before," said Mick Jagger upon hearing zydeco music for the first time.
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 ...
Louisiana musician Clifton Chenier would have been 100 on June 25, and a new tribute album featuring The Rolling Stones ...
A special, 7-inch vinyl of the Stones’ single, “Zydeco Sont Pas Sale,” drops June 25, Clifton Chenier’s birthday. It features ...