Some of the biggest names in zydeco music will perform two free shows at Zion Hill Historic Site later this month. Rockin’ Dopsie and The Zydeco Twisters and Jesse Lége will perform Aug. 21 and 22 at ...
For everyone else, Aug. 30-31 is Labor Day weekend. For zydeco music fans, these are holy days of festival obligation. Seismic cultural shifts take root that weekend. St. Landry Parish and the ...
OffBeat cover star Robin Barnes will release a new single, “Eh Ma Belle,” on Friday, February 27. The track features zydeco artists Rockin’ Dopsie Jr. and Dwayne Dopsie and serves as the first preview ...
It’s not often that Louisiana zydeco master Dwayne Dopsie plays a sit-down venue, as he will at the City Winery on Aug. 17. What will he do there? “I’ll make them stand up. I’m pretty sure that by the ...
ROCK IT: Rockin' Dopsie Jr. & The Zydeco Twisters will be in Mandeville on Nov. 8 to entertain at the city's "Vets Together" party. The music will begin after the noon Veterans Day Parade ends at ...
Two hours west of New Orleans, the town of Opelousas is one of the best places to experience this irresistibly toe-tapping music genre created by Louisiana’s Black Creole community. Zydeco, a music ...