In recent decades, zydeco has emerged to mingle on the margins of the mainstream. Its delightfully funky washboard rhythms and accordion riffs are regularly featured at festivals, certain ...

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A washboard, a guitar, accordion, and front porch sitting spawned one of the largest music revivals in the south in the French-Creole tradition of Zydeco music during the 1950s. On the cusp of that ...

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In the dimly lit Catholic church hall, the accordion's rhythmic whine rises above the throbbing motion of perpetual dancing. The insistent sound of Step Rideau's squeezebox tune collides against ...

The modest, cream-colored '50s-era chapel that's home to St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church in Houston looks like many other places of worship you might find in urban America. The first clue to a ...

You can catch the Zydeco band, Step Rideau and The Outlaws, on Black Heritage Day at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo at the Hideout on March 4 at NRG Stadium at 10pm. To hear some of their music, ...

Step Rideau and the Zydeco Outlaws are a traditional zydeco band served with a side of contemporary influences. With eight CDs to his credit, Step Rideau has been a fixture of the zydeco music scene ...