buckwheat zydeco

Buckwheat Zydeco, one of the most prominent voices in all of Zydeco music, has passed away at the age of 68. He died around 1:30am Saturday morning at Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center in Lafayette following a lengthy battle with lung cancer.

A Go Fund Me account has been set up for medical treatment for one of Louisiana's most treasured and legendary performers - Buckwheat Zydeco.

Acadiana's own Buckwheat Zydeco will perform on "Willie Nelson: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song' on PBS tonight.

As sad as we are to see Festival International 2015 reach it's last day, it means that we are in for one heck of a musical day. It has been quite the weekend of fun for Festival this year, but the fun is not over yet.