Zydeco is a unique blend of Afro-American and Afro-French musical traditions which developed amid the prairie landscapes of southwest Louisiana. Born out of close interaction between the Cajun (white) and Creole (black) French-speaking cultures,...

ZWINGLI, HULDRYCH (1484–1531), Swiss Protestant theologian. Born in Wildhaus, Switzerland, Zwingli was educated in Vienna (1500–1502) and later in Basel (1502–1506), where he studied under Thomas Wyttenbach. He read Erasmus during...

Zydeco (French: "les haricots", English: "snap beans") is a form of American roots or folk music, that evolved from the jure during the late 1800s call and response vocal music of the black and multiracial French speaking Creoles of south and southwest...

Texas Zydeco. By Roger Wood. Photography by James Fraher. Brad and Michèle Moore Roots Music Series. (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2006. Pp. xii, 323. $34.95, ISBN 978-0-292-71258-4.) This book argues that southeast Texas is the innovative heart of a "zydeco corridor" that stretches...

JIM McGUINNESS, Staff Writer The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 08-01-1997 INTENSE ZYDECO -- PUT ON YOUR DANCING SHOES By JIM McGUINNESS, Staff Writer Date: 08-01-1997, Friday Section: LIFESTYLE / PREVIEWS Edition: All Editions -- 5 Star, 4 Star, 3 Star, 2 Star, 1...

The mid-afternoon sun was beating down, wisps of steam rose from the soggy ground and Buckwheat Zydeco danced his way to the edge of the stage, accordion wailing, moving his shoulders with the music.Forget the heat _ this guy was cool. He'd shed the jacket...

Stevie Wonder is no stranger to the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival but has never headlined the event — until now.Wonder debuts on the second weekend of the 2008 Jazz Fest that will also headline other festival first-timers Billy Joel, Sheryl Crow and Louisiana...