Louisiana musician Clifton Chenier would have been 100 on June 25, and a new tribute album featuring The Rolling Stones ...

Zydeco legend Clifton Chenier would have turned 100 in 2025. This year he's the subject of a book, a box set and a tribute album featuring the Rolling Stones ...

Chenier came to be known as the King of Zydeco. He toured Europe; won a Grammy for his 1982 album, I’m Here! ; performed at Carnegie Hall and in Ronald Reagan’s White House; won a National Heritage ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to C.J. Chenier and Joel Savoy about the new album celebrating Clifton Chenier, "A Tribute to the King of Zydeco." ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to C.J. Chenier and Joel Savoy about the new album celebrating Clifton Chenier, "A Tribute to the King of Zydeco." ...

Music fans celebrated the 100th anniversary of the birth of the King of Zydeco, Clifton Chenier, late last month. Chenier ...

The lively songs and performances of Clifton Chenier, who would have turned 100 today, brought fans—including the Rolling ...

Chenier, an accordionist and singer who would have turned 100 today, was a pioneer of zydeco, an accordion-reliant, blues-based and rhythm-heavy folk form from Louisiana. He released his first single, ...

For this week’s Classic Americana pick, we mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of legendary performer Clifton Chenier, ...