If not for Rita Colligan Manuel's camera and abiding passion for zydeco, this dynamic music native to the Texas and Louisiana Gulf coasts might have remained more of a mystery than it already is.

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 ...

Son of zydeco legend Jude Taylor, Curley Taylor has accordion music in his blood. But Taylor also has R&B, blues and even reggae, flowing in his veins. Late last year, Taylor released a zydeco cover ...

LAFAYETTE PARISH — A day filled with rhythm, dance, and deep cultural roots took over the Blackham Coliseum for the 38th Annual Zydeco Extravaganza—a staple event celebrating the rich Creole heritage ...

The international ambassador for Louisiana roots music died early Saturday morning of lung cancer. Buckwheat Zydeco's Stanley 'Buckwheat' Dural Jr. Dies At 68 Hear Andrew Limbong's remembrance of ...

The unveiling of the official artwork for the 33 rd Annual Zydeco Extravaganza takes place this afternoon at the Studio Downtown. The unveiling of this year’s painting, created by local artist, Bryant ...

Each year the Zydeco Extravaganza draws in hundreds of people from all over, to watch some of the greatest zydeco musicians. People broke out their hats and dancing boots, and two-stepped the night ...

Born Stanley Dural, Jr. (1947-2016), the artist known as Buckwheat Zydeco cut his musical teeth in the 1970s performing as an organist with zydeco pioneer Clifton Chenier. Dural would spend the next ...

Herman Fuselier, host of the KRVS radio show Zydeco Stomp and considered by many to be one of the world's foremost authorities on the musical genre, says he was surprised by the name of Baton Rouge's ...

When someone says “with all due respect,” brace yourself. An insult is about to follow. But I don’t mean it as a putdown when I say to zydeco accordion players, with all due respect, you are no ...

LOREAUVILLE, La. (AP) - Although he says he is seeking a simple lifestyle, Loreauville resident Trent Oubre’s persona just keeps developing more and more layers. The graphic artist and painter ...