Odetta Holmes, "The Voice of the Civil Rights Movement" and "The queen of American folk music", most affectionately known as Odetta was born in Birmingham, Alabama on December 31, 1930 and grew up in...
In the 1920s and ’30s, Creole families from Louisiana settled in Houston’s Fifth Ward, in a neighbourhood that became known as Frenchtown — one of zydeco’s great homes in Texas.
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Red hot zydeco, Southern soul & blues — weekly episodes from the Zydeco Capital of the World.
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All episodes on CastboxHelp document and preserve Zydeco music and Creole heritage of Southwest Louisiana and Texas — photos, dance flyers, recordings, oral histories and family stories.
Red hot zydeco, Southern soul & blues — weekly episodes from the Zydeco Capital of the World.
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