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Hootenanny heroes The Oxy Clinic put out a new EP and are looking to have a lil party to celebrate. Along for the ride are the fabulous party band Thee Cha Cha Chas and Ballarat's best kept, alt country secret Broad Arrows Venue details
by 3.04.21 5:00am Are your band T-shirts a part of your pandemic work/weekend/constant wardrobe? In our "Concert TBTee" series every Thursday, we're asking the FUV airstaff to dig through their closets for the concert and band T-shirts that mean the most to them and why. Benham Jones, who hosts FUV's Sunday night music mix from 9-11 p.m., takes his wardrobe a step further with a zydeco apron. Not too many concert tees in my repertoire (let's just say I'm thrifty), but this classic zydeco BBQ bib hangs in my parents' pantry and holds an extra-special place in my heart. (Zoom in for the vintage...
Original Southwest Louisiana Zydeco Music Festival Goes Virtual Not even a worldwide pandemic can stop Cajuns from gathering and playing some amazing Zydeco. Some of the biggest superstars in the Louisiana Zydeco music scene got together to make sure the 38th Annual SWLA Zydeco Music Festival will still happen this year. It's a who's who list of names performing this year: Geno Delafose & French Rockin Boogie Nathan Williams & Zydeco Cha Chas Chubby Carrier & the Bayou Swamp Band Mike Broussard & NU Edition Zydeco Anthony Dopsie and more! Because of COVID-19 restrictions, they decided to ha...
Monday, 15th February 2021 at 4:33 pm Last year’s Strictly Come Dancing was held against the odds, lifting the nation’s spirits with some much-needed cheer – and Cha Chas – amid the global pandemic. Advertisement Bill Bailey stole our hearts and eventually the whole series when he was crowned the Strictly Come Dancing victor, and now it’s all to play for when it comes to this year’s celebrity line-up. Anyone familiar with the popular entertainment series, fronted by Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman, knows that BBC execs start flicking through their celebrity contacts book as soon ...
Zydeco music combines Cajun and Creole traditions for unique sound As the National Museum of African American Music opens its doors, journalists from the USA TODAY Network explore the stories, places and people who helped make music what it is today in our expansive series, Hallowed Sound. The fan cooling off the zydeco band whirled right in front of Nathan Williams face. So close, he clipped his baseball cap on a blade. But nothing deterred Williams from seeing his zydeco idol, Clifton Chenier. "I've been around zydeco all my life. Matter of fact, when Clifton Chenier was playing — I w...