All of the musicians at the Jazz Fest show appear on the album, “A Tribute to the King of Zydeco,” which is out Friday, June 27, on Joel Savoy’s Valcour Records.The box set, “Clifton ...

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

Joel Savoy doesn’t remember exactly when he first heard the music of Clifton Chenier, the King of Zydeco—the electrified and electrifying mix of Louisiana Creole music and hard-hitting blues ...

Chenier, who died in 1987 of diabetes-related kidney disease, would have turned 100 on June 25. To commemorate that number — and help raise awareness of him and his music — Savoy and his co ...

Clifton Chenier, the “King of Zydeco,” is being honored with a celebration in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, including a tribute concert and fundraising efforts for a commemorative stamp… ...

The Rolling Stones and their reverence for Acadiana's Clifton Chenier are featured on “A Tribute to the King of Zydeco," officially released June 27 on Valcour Records and Smithsonian Folkways.

The story I’d heard was that Mick Jagger bought his first Clifton Chenier record in the late 1960s, at a store in New York’s Greenwich Village. But when we talked this spring, Jagger told me ...

The Rolling Stones and their reverence for Acadiana's Clifton Chenier are featured on “A Tribute to the King of Zydeco," officially released June 27 on Valcour Records and Smithsonian Folkways.

The work of Montreal artist Chard Chénier is on display at Galerie Espace, 4844 St. Laurent Blvd., from Thurs. June 19 to Tues. June 24 from noon to 6 p.m.

The New Orleans Jazz Museum will host a special celebration on June 25 in honor of what would have been Clifton Chenier’s 100th birthday. Known as the “King of Zydeco,” Chenier’s enduring influence ...

Clifton Chenier seen here performing in an undated photo. 'A Tribute to the King of Zydeco' features everyone from English rock stars to Dallas musicians paying homage to the late Louisiana singer ...

That player would be Golden State guard alum Phil Chenier. After ending his college career at Cal, Chenier was picked up with the fourth overall selection of 1971 Supplemental Hardship draft by ...