A zydeco legend is being remembered. Ernest Comeaux Sr. died from health complications last week. He was 86 years old. The Lafayette native made Crowley his home and eventually became the owner of a ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. NORWAY — If you have never experienced Zydeco Dancing, your opportunity has ...

BEAUMONT, Texas — Our Mother of Mercy Catholic Church will hold its annual zydeco dance fundraiser on Friday, September 5, at 8 p.m., with doors opening at 7:30 p.m. The event, featuring Rusty Metoyer ...

Baldwin County lies mostly within Alabama, but a portion of it falls within the boundaries of Louisiana. Don't be upset if you didn't know about this arrangement. It only involves cultural boundaries, ...

Waves of migration brought southwest Louisiana’s Creole culture to Houston’s Frenchtown, where zydeco now draws crowds of dancers young and old. Editor’s note: This episode was filmed in February, ...

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - Almost any native of Southwest Louisiana can explain what “zydeco,” is, but put simply, “that’s just a creole little thing,” says local dance instructor Printes Jackson.

When Sid Williams opened El Sid O's Zydeco and Blues Club in Lafayette in 1984, he helped launch musicians — including members of his own family — who would go on to become some of the genre's most ...

The moral of this story is: If your heart stops while zydeco dancing, it’s good to have a cardiac nurse whose specialty is electrophysiology nearby. Nurse Laura Pizzano, who was visiting from ...

This post originally published on KQED, San Francisco’s NPR and PBS affiliate. See more of KQED Arts’ award-winning video series If Cities Could Dance here. KQED filmed this episode in February, ...