Long before bands like Pearl Jam and Sub Pop Records solidified grunge as the Seattle “sound,” there was Heart. In fact, ...

Today in Music History for May 5: In 1891, New York's Carnegie Hall, then called the Music Hall, had its opening night with a concert that included works conducted by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky and ...

Past major figures in the genre include early pioneer Amédé Ardoin, Clifton Chenier — the original "king of zydeco — Boozoo Chavis, Buckwheat Zydeco, Rockin' Dopsie and Beau Jocque ...

Chenier and his rival Boozoo Chavis continued to play the dance halls, enjoying enviable reputations as live performers. In the 1980s, Zydeco came to national attention. Rockin' Sidney's novelty ...

CD4: Hard to Stop-Buckwheat Zydeco; Paper in My Shoe-Boozoo Chavis; Midland Two-Step-The Savoy Family Cajun Band; Disco et Fais Do-Do-Bruce Daigrepont; Recherche d’Acadie-Beausoleil; Yellow Moon-The ...

Rev. Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., an esteemed civil rights leader, global business leader, faith leader and public intellectual, will join the Duke University community as the 2024 Environmental ...

67-year-old Pauline Wilkins, her daughter, 46-year-old Vicki Chavis Ansar, granddaughter 22-year-old Tanique Davis, and two-year-old great-grandson Delvari Chavis all were killed on the night of ...

The Chavis-Jocque tussle is prototypical American status buffoonery painted in folk-miniature. Both these men kick out the jams in thrilling performances filmed with blissful authority by Mugge ...

LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) – There is never a shortage of the music that makes Acadiana stand out at Festival International. If you are a fan of Zydeco, Cajun and Creole music, then you are already ...

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