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.

The Rolling Stones are once again waving the flag of their musical forebears with a cover of Clifton Chenier’s zydeco tune “Zydeco Sont Pas Salés.” Chenier, an accordionist and singer who would have ...

When you're known as the King of Zydeco music, like the late Clifton Chenier was, it only makes sense that other recording legends would want to honor you. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "ZYDECO SONT PAS SALES") ...

NEW YORK – The Rolling Stones' Mick Jagger sings in swaggering French. Louisiana native Lucinda Williams delivers a slow, slinky, swamp pop sound. Steve Earle, Taj Mahal, Jimmie Vaughan, Charley ...

Clifton Chenier Centennial. In this centennial year of the birth of Clifton Chenier, many events and projects are celebrating the zydeco music pioneer and his international impact. Wednesday, June 25, ...

This week, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival will mark the centennial of the birth of the King of Zydeco — Louisiana music great Clifton Chenier. Performers Marcia Ball, Sonny Landreth and ...

For the first time, all full-length albums of Clifton Chenier for the influential roots music label Arhoolie Records are now available digitally through Smithsonian Folkways Recordings in both ...

Happy early Clifton Chenier Day! The 100th anniversary of the Grammy Hall of Famer’s birth near Opelousas isn’t official until June 25. However, a slew of music releases, tribute shows and memorabilia ...

Sonny Landreth, the singer, songwriter and slide guitar master from Lafayette, will return to the Baton Rouge area for a Friday performance at the new Freyhan Cultural Center in St. Francisville.