Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne, who admits his musical skills are "extremely limited," last week learned the basics of playing the zydeco washboard -- or rubboard -- so he can sit in on a set with Grammy-award ...

(WVUE) - In the early days of Zydeco music, a wooden washboard would keep the rhythm. But over the last half-century, stainless steel rub boards with over-the-shoulder straps give Zydeco its signature ...

Sonoma County has always attracted and produced musicians. Some of them are well known internationally. Others have more limited fan bases existing mainly within the Bay Area, throughout the West ...

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Four brothers from two different bands were inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame during a ceremony held at Rock ‘n’ Bowl in Lafayette on July 30. David Rubin (Rockin’ Dopsie Jr.), Alton ...

In the dimly lit Catholic church hall, the accordion's rhythmic whine rises above the throbbing motion of perpetual dancing. The insistent sound of Step Rideau's squeezebox tune collides against ...

Andre Thierry, a Grammy-nominated musician who lives in Richmond, offered an introduction to zydeco and creole music Saturday at an event for children in Novato. The city held the event at the ...

Zydeco is an accordion-dominated genre, so it’s rare when a non-accordionist releases an album. Earl Sally is a 30-year veteran who’s scraped his syncopated, metallic rhythms with Clifton Chenier, ...

Stanley Dural, better known as Buckwheat Zydeco, realizes that many younger blacks along the Gulf Coast are skeptical about zydeco music. He appreciates that they think the music is for their parents ...