The Rolling Stones recorded “Zydeco Sont Pas Salés” for “A Tribute to the King of Zydeco,” which commemorates the 100th ...

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 ...

The Rolling Stones are once again waving the flag of their musical forebears with a cover of Clifton Chenier's zydeco tune ...

For this week’s Classic Americana pick, we mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of legendary performer Clifton Chenier, ...

The late Clifton Chenier, Zydeco pioneer known for his Creole-inspired sound rooted in blues, Cajun and R&B, is being ...

Joel Savoy, the Eunice-based Cajun fiddler and Valcour Records founder, co-produced most of A Tribute to the King of Zydeco ...

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

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

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

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.