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Carrier's father and grandfather both played zydeco music, and his cousins recorded under the name The Carrier Brothers.He was taught to play accordion by his father, Roy Carrier Sr., and played with his father's band at age 12, first on accordion and then on drums.
The Los Angeles Times noted that "the combination of Williams' skilled accordion and Allen Broussard's alto sax gives the music a broader melodic range than many zydeco groups have." [ 13 ] The Press-Enterprise concluded that Williams blends "boogie, soul, country and blues, all spiked with the rhythms of Acadia, into an astonishing dance music...
Dwayne Dopsie (son of Rockin' Dopsie) and his band, the Zydeco Hellraisers, [25] were nominated for best Regional Roots Album in the 2017 Grammy Awards. [26] In 2024 at the 66th annual Grammy Awards Buckwheat Zydeco Jr. (son of the late Buckwheat Zydeco) and the Legendary Ils Sont Partis Band took home the Grammy Award for best regional roots ...
The Rough Guide to Cajun & Zydeco is a compilation album originally released in 1998. Part of the World Music Network Rough Guides series, [1] the album features the cajun and zydeco genres of Louisiana in roughly equal measures. [2] Phil Stanton, co-founder of the World Music Network, compiled and produced the album. [3]
In addition to playing with Sonny Landreth, Melton was frequently on stage with the King of Zydeco, Clifton Chenier, and spent a year touring with internationally known Zachary Richard. Melton recorded on Landreth's first record, Blues Attack, which also featured C.J. Chenier on saxophone and Buckwheat Zydeco on the Hammond organ. [1]
The Philadelphia Inquirer concluded that, "unlike many zydeco artists, whose recordings are stiff, Jocque and the Hi-Rollers sound as loose as they do in performance." [ 17 ] Rolling Stone likened the album to "a shotgun wedding of Clifton Chenier and ZZ Top officiated by John Lee Hooker."
Zydeco Party: EasyDisc ED CD 7045 1998 "I'm Going to the Country to Get Me a Mojo Hand" Zydeco Stomp: All Instrumental: EasyDisc ED CD 7065 1998 "Boozoo's Shuffle" Absolutely The Best Cajun & Zydeco: Fuel 2000 ; Varèse Sarabande: FLD1041 1999 "Paper In My Shoe" Allons en Louisiane: The Rounder Records Guide to Cajun Music, Zydeco and South ...
Geno Delafose (born February 6, 1971) [1] [2] is an American zydeco accordionist and singer. He is one of the younger generations of the genre who has created the sound known as the nouveau zydeco. His sound is deeply rooted in traditional Creole music with strong influences from Cajun music and also country and western.