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Zydeco Joe

Listen to Zydeco Joe on American Routes

Posted on March 3, 2015March 2, 2015 by Julie Miller

Nick Spitzer interviews Joe Mouton on this segment of American Routes. The Lousiana native began performing zydeco music in his forties, adopting the moniker Zydeco Joe and using his songs to spread stories of growing up on the land with his family and farm animals. Read more.

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Tune in to a live broadcast of tonight’s Zydeco Crossroads Dance Party

Posted on February 27, 2015February 27, 2015 by Julie Miller

Can’t join us for tonight’s Zydeco Crossroads Dance Party at World Cafe Live ? Tune-in to XPN 88.5 in Philadelphia or worldwide at XPN.org at 7:00 p.m. for a live broadcast of the concert with Koray Broussard and Leon Chavis. Read more.

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Buckwheat Zydeco

Listen to Buckwheat Zydeco on American Routes

Posted on February 26, 2015February 27, 2015 by Julie Miller

Buckwheat Zydeco is the subject of this segment from American Routes. The Louisiana native talks with Nick Spitzer about his start in Clifton Chenier’s band and where he’s taken the music since those early days. Read more.

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Geno Delafose

Meet the Creole cowboys of Louisiana on American Routes

Posted on February 25, 2015February 25, 2015 by Julie Miller

Zydeco Crossroads contributor Nick Spitzer looks at the lifestyle of Creole cowboys on this segment from American Routes. Read more.

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Mardi Gras

Celebrate Mardi Gras with American Routes

Posted on February 17, 2015February 16, 2015 by Julie Miller

With Carnivale coming to a close and New Orleans’s biggest parade day happening tomorrow, Nick Spitzer highlights Mardi Gras traditions “in the Crescent City and beyond” on the latest episode of American Routes. Read more.

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Michael Tisserand on zydeco’s history and culture

Posted on February 11, 2015February 19, 2015 by Julie Miller

In a video interview filmed last October for Zydeco Crossroads, author Michael Tisserand emphasizes the relationship between Creole and Cajun music and the deep history the two cultures share. Read more.

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A look back at zydeco at the Grammys

Posted on February 9, 2015February 9, 2015 by Julie Miller

From 2008 to 2011 Louisiana artists were given special attention at the GRAMMY Awards with their own Best Zydeco or Cajun Music Album category. A dozen bands were nominated during that time, including Lost Bayou Ramblers for Live: Á La Blue Moon  in 2008, Cedric Watson for his self-titled record in 2009 and Pine Leaf Boys a record four times. Read more.

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Boozoo Chavis

Listen: Boozoo Chavis interview on American Routes

Posted on February 5, 2015February 5, 2015 by Julie Miller

After recording the first hit song for zydeco in 1954 with “Paper In My Shoe,” Boozoo Chavis left his musical career in favor of horse training. That is, until the eighties when he picked up his accordion again. American Routes’ Nick Spitzer met Chavis in 1989 at the Zydeco Festival in Plaisance, LA and recorded the following interview. Read more.

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Sean Ardoin

Sean Ardoin on zydeco’s place in the landscape of American music

Posted on February 4, 2015February 4, 2015 by Julie Miller

We’ve talked with a lot of folks about Creole culture and zydeco music, but now you can hear Sean Ardoin’s perspective on its place in the national musical fabric. Read more.

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Queen Ida

Listen: Queen Ida interview on American Routes

Posted on February 3, 2015February 3, 2015 by Julie Miller

Nick Spitzer of American Routes joined Queen Ida at her home near San Francisco for this interview segment from 2001. Read more.

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