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Zydeco music is typically played in an uptempo, syncopated manner with a strong rhythmic core, [3] and often incorporates elements of blues, rock and roll, soul music, R&B, Cajun, and early Creole music. Zydeco music is centered on the accordion, which leads the rest of the band, and a specialized washboard, called a vest frottoir, as a ...
His music group was formally billed as Buckwheat Zydeco and Ils Sont Partis Band [3] ("Ils Sont Partis" being French for "They have left," or a race announcer's "And they're off!" [4]), but they often performed as merely Buckwheat Zydeco. The New York Times said: "Stanley 'Buckwheat' Dural leads one of the best bands in America. A down-home and ...
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Terrance Simien (born September 3, 1965) is an American zydeco musician, vocalist and songwriter. [1] He and his group The Zydeco Experience won the Grammy Award for Best Zydeco or Cajun Music Album in 2008 and for Best Regional Roots Music Album in 2014.
The Grammy Award for Best Zydeco or Cajun Music Album was an honor presented to recording artists at the 50th, 51st, 52nd and 53rd Annual Grammy Awards (2008–2011) for quality zydeco or cajun music albums.
In 2005, BeauSoleil founder Michael Doucet was one of 12 artists awarded a National Heritage Fellowship by the National Endowment for the Arts. In 2008, BeauSoleil won another Grammy in the then newly created Grammy Award for Best Zydeco or Cajun Music Album category for the album Live at the 2008 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.
Best of Cajun Classics, Vol. II: Cajun & Zydeco's Greatest Artists: Mardi Gras Records: MG 1010 1994 "I'm In The Mood Baby" "Why You Do The Things You Do" Absolutely The Best Of Cajun & Zydeco: Fuel 2000 ; Varèse Sarabande Records: FLD1041 1999 "Zydeco Around The World" Absolutely The Best Of Cajun & Zydeco, vol. II: Fuel 2000 ; Varèse Sarabande
2012: Big Easy Music Award for Best Zydeco Band [37] 2012: Zydeco Music Association Lifetime Achievement Award [38] [39] 2015: Zydeco, Blues and Trailride (ZBT) Clifton Chenier Lifetime Achievement Award [40] 2017: Landry Vineyards in West Monroe, Louisiana unveiled their "Nathan Williams Zydeco Wine" label in honor of the musician who ...