Zydeco (/ˈzaɪdɪˌkoʊ, -diː-/ ZY-dih-koh, -dee-; French: zarico) is a music genre that was created in rural Southwest Louisiana by Afro-Americans of Creole...
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Zydeco Force was an American Creole zydeco band from Opelousas, Louisiana, United States. Zydeco Force is best known for its tracks "Hey Madeline" and...
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known by his stage name Buckwheat Zydeco, was an American accordionist and zydeco musician. He was one of the few zydeco artists to achieve mainstream success...
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The Baton Rouge Zydeco are a professional hockey team located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, playing at the Raising Cane's River Center Arena. They are a member...
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Clifton Chenier (redirect from Clifton Chenier & the Zydeco Ramblers)
1925 – December 12, 1987), was an American musician known as a pioneer of zydeco, a style of music that arose from Creole music, with R&B, blues, and Cajun...
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The Zydeco Spice is a team in the Women's Football Alliance. The team began playing in the 2010 season as the Acadiana Zydeco and returned for the 2021...
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Zydeco (/ˈzaɪdɪˌkoʊ/ ZY-dih-koh or /ˈzaɪdiˌkoʊ/ ZY-dee-koh, French: Zarico) as a dance style has its roots in a form of folk dance that corresponds to...
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March 24, 1963) is an American zydeco accordionist, singer and songwriter. He established his band Nathan & the Zydeco Cha Chas in 1985. Williams grew...
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is an American Zydeco singer and accordionist. Walker began his career in the wake of Clifton Chenier, and became the star of Zydeco of the late 20th...
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Jeffery Broussard (category Zydeco accordionists)
Jeffery Broussard (born March 10, 1967) is an American zydeco musician. Broussard was born in Lafayette, Louisiana, to parents Ethel and Delton Broussard...
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Zydeco Scream was a steel roller coaster located at the abandoned Six Flags New Orleans in New Orleans, Louisiana. Manufactured by Vekoma, the Boomerang...
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Louisiana. Landreth is known as "the King of Slydeco" and plays with a strong zydeco influence. Guitarist Eric Clapton has said that Landreth is one of the most...
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Connecticut Cajun and Zydeco Music & Arts Festival, The Blast From The Bayou Cajun and Zydeco Festival, also in California the Cajun/Zydeco Festival; Bay Area...
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Music of Louisiana (section Zydeco)
divided into three general regions: rural south Louisiana, home to Creole Zydeco and Old French (now known as cajun music), New Orleans, and north Louisiana...
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Rockin' Zydeco is the second studio album by Australian rock band The Black Sorrows. The album was released in March 1985 and consisted of most cover versions...
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Rockin' Sidney (category Zydeco musicians)
25, 1998), known professionally as Rockin' Sidney, was an American R&B, zydeco, and soul musician who began recording in the late 1950s and continued performing...
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Zydeco Junkie is an album by the Zydeco band Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band, released in 2010. It received the 2010 Grammy award for Best Zydeco...
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In October 1984, he included the tune on his third album, My Zydeco Shoes Got the Zydeco Blues, recording the entire album at his home studio in Lake...
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Dwayne Dopsie (redirect from Dwayne Dopsie and the Zydeco Hellraisers)
Dopsie, is an American Zydeco musician. He is the accordionist and vocalist for his New Orleans-based band, Dwayne Dopsie and the Zydeco Hellraisers. Dwayne...
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While its repertoire includes hundreds of traditional Cajun, Creole and zydeco songs, BeauSoleil has also pushed past constraints of purely traditional...
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How Great Is Your Love is a 2009 zydeco album by Sean Ardoin and his "Christian zydeco" band R.O.G.K. The band's name is an acronym that means Reflections...
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A vest frottoir or rubboard is a percussion instrument used in zydeco music similar to a washboard. It is usually made from pressed, corrugated stainless...
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in the 1950s. It incorporates influences from other genres, particularly zydeco and Cajun. Its most successful proponents include Slim Harpo and Lightnin'...
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well known and historically significant zydeco venue. By the late 1990s, the club was regarded as "zydeco's answer to the Grand Ole Opry." The building...
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Boogie Woogie Zydeco is an album by the American band Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band, released in 1991. The album was part of the zydeco revival of...
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cleaning device as a rhythm instrument. As traditionally used in jazz, zydeco, skiffle, jug band, and old-time music, the washboard remained in its wooden...
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Geno Delafose (born 1972), American Zydeco musician, son of John Delafose John Delafose (1939–1994), American Zydeco musician Maurice Delafosse (1870–1926)...
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Maison de Soul is a Louisiana-based Zydeco and blues record label. It was founded in 1974 in Ville Platte, Louisiana by Floyd Soileau and remains under...
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genres, Cajun music is often mentioned in tandem with the Creole-based zydeco music. Both are from southwest Louisiana and share French and African origins...
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weren't so much pepper sauce." The Journal News deemed it "first class zydeco," writing that Chenier "sings with more gusto and his band sounds tighter"...
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