March 16

Blues pianist Albert "Sunnyland Slim" Luandrew died on March 17, 1995 in Chicago, Illinois at the age of 87. He was coming home from a winter show, he slipped and fell on some ice which led to medical...

Frank Mendenhall was born March 14, 1948 in Camden, Alabama. With one of the most angelic falsetto voice in the Zydeco, Southern Soul, and Blues nation, and one of the few Southern Soul performers to...

Southern Soul & Blues singer Jacqueline "Jazzy Jackie" Neal was murdered by her ex-boyfriend James White on March 10, 2005 in the "T-Nails" beauty salon on Florida Boulevard in Baton Rouge, Louisiana....

Zydeco musician Chirs Ardoin, lead singer and accordionist of Chris Ardoin & Nu Step Zydeko was born on March 7, 1981 in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Chris Ardoin helped pioneer and develop the "Double Cl...

Eddie Shuler, renowned pioneering Southwest Louisiana recording engineer and founder of Goldband Records, the nation's longest running independent record label, was born on March 27, 1913 in Wrightsbo...

Curley Taylor & Zydeco Trouble make their first public debut on March 27, 2004 at their Official CD Release Party and Performance celebrating the “Country Boy” CD at the Hamilton’s Club in Lafayette,...

Creole Accordionist Clement “King Ned" Norman was born on Saturday, July 14, 1906 in L’Anse Meg, Louisiana ( a rural unincorporated community between Mamou and Eunice) to Jean Batiste Ned and Oceole F...

Queen Ida won a Grammy Award at the 25th Annual Grammy Awards for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording for her 1982 album "On Tour." Queen Ida was the first Zydeco Artist and only woman who playe...

Derrick J. Guidry, scrubboard player for the Zydeco Boneshakers, was born June 20, 1986 in Lake Charles, Louisiana.

On October 18, 2007, South African reggae singer, Lucky Dube was killed in the Johannesburg, South Africa suburb of Rosettenville shortly after dropping two of his seven children off at their uncle’s...

Henry Roeland Byrd, known to the world, as Professor Longhair, one of New Orleans’ greatest pianist, was born December 19, 1918 in the small rural town of Bogalusa, Louisiana, the only son of Ella Mae...

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...