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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 ...
When bands like the Balfa Brothers, Octa Clark and Hector Duhon, and the black Creole band Bois-Sec Ardoin and Canray began to appear and perform at prestigious national folk festivals like the Newport Folk Festival, the University of Chicago Folk Festival, and the National Folklife Festival, they inspired renewed interest in Louisiana in Cajun ...
Clifton Chenier (June 25, 1925 – December 12, 1987), [1] [2] was an American musician known as a pioneer of zydeco, a style of music that arose from Creole music, with R&B, blues, and Cajun influences. He sang and played the accordion. Chenier won a Grammy Award in 1983. [1]
Creole music traditions in the US have been known to change and evolve as quickly as they were being replicated by white artists, the music of the Creoles also evolved into a more contemporary amplified sound that was later called zydeco, which is the indigenous music of the Creoles or "Creole music". Zydeco comes from French les haricots ...
Putumayo Presents Zydeco: Putumayo World Music: PUT 160-2 2000 "Lula Lula Don't You Go To Bingo" The Ultimate Anthology of Blues & Jazz: Volume Three, Louisiana/New Orleans: Weltbild Edition (Germany) CR 6602 2000 "Paper In My Shoe" Cajun & Zydeco: Alligator Walk: ARC Music (U.K.) EUCD 1657 2001 "Zydeco Hee Haw" Roots Music: An American Journey ...
The slate of American Roots performances at the 2024 Savannah Music Festival kicks off on March 29 with the Bayou Boogie, a tribute to Clifton Chenier.
A couple of Zydeco tracks with longtime Coral Reefer Band keyboardist Michael Utley on accordion help keep the album from getting too sleepy or pretentious. 20. Songs From St. Somewhere (2013)
After World War II, the accordion regained its popularity in Cajun music. Also, in the late 1930s and 1940s, country music became the dominant influence on Cajun music, and steel guitar and bass were introduced. Modern Cajun music began taking on the influence of jazz and modern country music, resulting in a more polished sound.