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 Rolling Stones' reverence for blues and country is as well-established as Keith Richards' penchant for scarves. But you ...

Louisiana musician Clifton Chenier would have been 100 on June 25, and a new tribute album featuring The Rolling Stones ...

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.

To honor what would have been his 100th birthday, a tribute album honoring Louisiana zydeco pioneer Clifton Chenier will be ...

Joel Savoy doesn’t remember exactly when he first heard the music of Clifton Chenier, the King of Zydeco—the electrified and ...

The Stones, Williams, Charley Crockett, and more salute the zydeco accordionist, who would’ve turned 100 this year, on a new ...

"I’d never heard the accordion in the blues before," said Mick Jagger upon hearing zydeco music for the first time.

A special, 7-inch vinyl of the Stones’ single, “Zydeco Sont Pas Sale,” drops June 25, Clifton Chenier’s birthday. It features ...

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

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 ...