Boozoo Chavis` conversation is like his music. Earthy, intense and proud, thoroughly honest, stubbornly individualistic and, in a completely charming way, quite cranky. Chavis, who made some of the ...

The late Zydeco great, Boozoo Chavis, is receiving national recognition for his contributions to the traditional Louisiana music. Chavis passed away at the age of 70 in May. Monday, Congressman Chris ...

Wilson “Boozoo” Chavis is such a gracious performer, you might have thought he was just being effusive out of courtliness. But the conditions were so perfect for his riverboat performance Sunday ...

Zydeco pioneer Boozoo Chavis died Saturday in Austin, Texas, six days after suffering both a heart attack and stroke. He was 70. Born Wilson Anthony Chavis, the artist scored what is considered the… ...

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - Today marks 35 years of spending Labor Day the zydeco way in Iowa. The family and friends of the late Boozoo Chavis continue his tradition of bringing the whole community ...

Lake Charles, La., circa 1954: After spending the week working in the area’s sugar, cotton and rice fields, members of the Cajun population entertain themselves with house parties featuring local ...

Southwest Louisiana comes to New Orleans this weekend for the 10th annual Louisiana Cajun-Zydeco Festival in Armstrong Park. As in New Orleans, indigenous music is very much a family affair along the ...

As husband Morris was off leading his own band, Ledet was stuck at home tending to his ailing mother. Ledet used her spare time to teach herself the accordion by listening to records by Zydeco ...

Before 1982, the words “zydeco” and “festival” were never used in the same sentence. The Creole accordion dance music had already migrated from the rural house dances of southwest Louisiana to clubs ...

The 10th annual Louisiana Cajun-Zydeco Festival will take over Armstrong Park on Saturday, June 18 and Sunday, June 19. The free festival will feature performances by a veariety of zydeco luminaries, ...