Zydeco pioneer Clifton Chenier would have turned 100 this year; a new album featuring the Rolling Stones and Lucinda Williams ...

Chenier came to be known as the King of Zydeco. He toured Europe; won a Grammy for his 1982 album, I’m Here! ; performed at ...

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

To mark the 100th anniversary of zydeco pioneer Clifton Chenier, Smithsonian Folkways will release a box set on Arhoolie ...

The New Orleans Jazz Museum will celebrate the 100th birthday of Clifton Chenier with tickets benefitting a scholarship fund.

Here's your complete guide to the dates, locations and music of every outdoor concert coming to Long Island this summer.

That’s the everyday reality in Grass Valley, California. Nestled in the rolling foothills of the Sierra Nevada, this Gold Rush-era treasure has somehow maintained its small-town soul while adding just ...

Archivist Alec Palao talks about getting to know Sly Stone when they worked on archival releases including the new 'Live at Winchester Cathedral' ...

Two of music’s powerful visionaries died this week. The songs they meticulously constructed offered an escape their makers ...

Sometimes death, as life, brings strange symmetries. Two music revolutionaries, Sly Stone and Brian Wilson, both died within ...