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The Grammy Foundation announced the nominees for the 2009 Grammy Awards for Zydeco and Cajun Category. Five finalist were chosen for the Best Zydeco and Cajun Musician category. Of the five finalist,...
Odetta Holmes, "The Voice of the Civil Rights Movement" and "The queen of American folk music", most affectionately known as Odetta, died on December 2, 2008 from heart disease in New York City at the...
The Grammy Foundation announced the nominees for the 2010 Grammy Awards for Zydeco and Cajun Category. Five finalist were chosen for the Best Zydeco and Cajun Musician category. Of the five finalist,...
Huddie Ledbetter, better known to the music world as “Lead Belly” died on December 6, 1949 from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig’s disease). He later became known as the “King of the twelve-s...
Geno Delafose, Cedric Watson, & Terrance Simien were announced as the final nominees of the first Grammy category for Zydeco and Cajun Musicians. Seven finalist were choose for the Best Zydeco and Caj...
Senator Jones, one of the most important innovators of the modern Southern Soul Sound, and who produced many Southern Soul and blues records in both New Orleans and at his “ranch” and home in the coun...
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Joseph Adam Mouton, known to the Zydeco Nation as Zydeco Joe was born on October 25, 1943 in Lafayette, Louisiana. He was "raised up in Carencro" (as he sang in many of his songs), living on a farm gr...
Malcolm X born Malcolm Little and also known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz was born on May 19, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska to Earl and Louise Little (Louisa Norton). His father was an outspoken Baptist lay...
Southern Soul and Blues singer Isaac “Big Ike” Martin died on August 31, 2003 from complications from a gastric bypass operation in his hometown of Lake Charles, Louisiana. Big Ike became lead singer...
Lee Allen Zeno was born on Saturday, October 16, 1954 in Carencro, Louisiana. An accomplished, world-renowned, and two-time Grammy winning Louisiana zydeco and blues bassist started his career at age...
Geno Delafose, lead singer and accordionist of the Zydeco Band Geno Delafose & French Rockin' Boogie Saturday, February 6, 1971 in Eunice, Louisiana. Geno Delafose is the son of Zydeco Legend John Del...
On Sunday, June 10, 2012 Creole Musician, Goldman Thibodeaux received the Richard J. Catalon Sr. Creole Heritage Award at the 8th annual Creole Culture day at Vermilionville in Lafayette, Louisiana.
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