Clifton Chenier, the Louisiana musician who pioneered the Creole R&B hybrid genre known as zydeco, isn’t with us anymore. He passed away in 1987 from kidney disease that resulted from his diabetes.

And the proof of that fascination lies in the first studio recording the band has released since 2023’s Hackneyed Diamond s: their rendition of the late zydeco master Clifton Chenier ‘s “Zydeco Sont ...