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...

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...

On what some consider the luckiest day in 100 years _ the seventh day of the seventh month of the seventh year _ a northern Wisconsin community farm near Luck, of all places, is celebrating two decades of activism against nuclear weapons and for a...

Regis Philbin and Kelly Ripa, who brought their daytime talk show to New Orleans this weekend, helped assemble playground equipment Monday at an elementary school damaged by Hurricane Katrina.Their syndicated show, "Live With Regis and Kelly," will be in New Orleans through Wednesday. Over the...