A few months ago, Joel Savoy, the Louisiana Cajun musician and label owner, was at a local pressing plant looking over the cover art for a just-finished tribute album to zydeco legend Clifton Chenier.

San Diego’s four-day Gator by the Bay festival will celebrate its 21st anniversary next Thursday through May 12 with more than 100 performances celebrating an array of homegrown American roots-music ...

Festivals Acadiens et Créoles, the annual Cajun and zydeco music festival, is preparing to pay tribute to the renowned King of Zydeco, Clifton Chenier. The festival, a significant event celebrating ...

Festival Acadiens et Créoles — the original and largest Cajun and Zydeco music festival — is planning to honor Clifton Chenier, the “King of Zydeco,” who performed at the first festival held in 1974.

Joel Savoy doesn’t remember exactly when he first heard the music of Clifton Chenier, the King of Zydeco—the electrified and electrifying mix of Louisiana Creole music and hard-hitting blues—who was ...

In 1985 artist George Rodrigue painted the great musician Clifton Chenier (1925-1987). At the time, Chenier was world-famous, crowned a Grammy Award winner in 1983, and summoned everywhere from San ...

Todd Mouton, a longtime presence in South Louisiana music, knows as much about the late King of Zydeco Clifton Chenier — who received a lifetime achievement Grammy award in 2014, just under 25 years ...

Way Down In Louisiana Todd Mouton 302 Pages ISBN: # 978-1-935754-73-2 University of Louisiana at Lafayette Press 2015 Of all the states which comprise America, Louisiana is one of the most diverse ...