Zydeco Louisiana Diner has been hiding in plain sight since 1988. "There are so many people who still don't know us," co-owner Marty Venable says of the downtown restaurant that has been serving up ...

BEAUMONT, Texas — Music has a way of being able to connect people in unexplainable ways and Zydeco music is no exception The sounds of Zydeco could be considered a staple for Mardi Gras in Southeast ...

This is an updated version of a story first published on May 18, 2025. The original video can be viewed here. The idea that this country has become one big, bland, conformist culture, the United ...

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It’s not often that Louisiana zydeco master Dwayne Dopsie plays a sit-down venue, as he will at the City Winery on Aug. 17. What will he do there? “I’ll make them stand up. I’m pretty sure that by the ...

Houstonians can celebrate Zydeco at festivals across the region this year with music, dancing and food. Zydeco music evolved from an acoustic folk idiom known as “la-la” in the 1920s, according to the ...

MAMOU — Zydeco musician Chris Ardoin, who was shot during a 2021 outdoor show, was on stage at an outdoor concert Mardi Gras day when shots rang out. At least two people are reportedly dead following ...

The New Orleans Jazz Museum is honoring Clifton Chenier, the undisputed king of Zydeco music, during Jazz Fest with an ...

The modest, cream-colored '50s-era chapel that's home to St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church in Houston looks like many other places of worship you might find in urban America. The first clue to a ...

The Topeka Scarecrows defeat the Baton Rouge Zydeco for the second consecutive night, in overtime, 4-3. Cameron Clark opened ...