LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - Today marks 35 years of spending Labor Day the zydeco way in Iowa. The family and friends of the late Boozoo Chavis continue his tradition of bringing the whole community ...

There was a ceremony in the early '90s at the Acadian Village in Lafayette Parish where Boozoo Chavis was crowned the King of Zydeco. It was part of a convoluted Louisiana royalty ritual as replete ...

NEW ORLEANS - Boozoo Chavis, one of the creators of the Louisiana Creole accordion music known as Zydeco, died Saturday at an Austin, Texas, hospital after a heart attack and stroke. He was 70. Chavis ...

The late Zydeco great, Boozoo Chavis, is receiving national recognition for his contributions to the traditional Louisiana music. Chavis passed away at the age of 70 in May. Monday, Congressman Chris ...

For a lot of kids growing up in rural Louisiana in the ’70s, Zydeco wasn’t cool or hip. That screechy accordion music the old folks hopped around to certainly didn’t impress young Mary Rosezla Bellard ...

Mention the names Clifton Chenier, Boozoo Chavis, Queen Ida, Beau Jocque, Rockin’ Dopsie, Fernest Arceneaux, or John Delafose to someone outside of Louisiana and you might very well get a puzzled look ...

Zydeco, a music genre created by the Black Creole community, has flourished in Southwest Louisiana and beyond, inspiring musicans and bands such as Dwayne Dopsie (on the right) and the Zydeco ...