The cover of the 2025 Clifton Chenier tribute album "A Tribute to the King of Zydeco," released by Valcour Records. The guest stars on the album include the Rolling Stones.

The Rolling Stones are once again waving the flag of their musical forebears with a cover of Clifton Chenier’s zydeco tune “Zydeco Sont Pas Salés.” Chenier, an accordionist and singer who ...

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

It's been incredible to see, for instance, like you mentioned, the Rolling Stones, Charley Crockett, Taj Mahal, these people that were touched by Clifton's sound and his performance.

Following a show in California, someone approached Cajun musician Joel Savoy with an unexpected proposition. The roots behind ...

Chenier’s image has been a fixture on the side of the Fais Do-Do stage for years. He was an icon of zydeco music, a bass-and-drum-heavy form led by the accordion that came out of southwest ...