Instrumentation: Accordion
1st performance: Stas Venglevski, The Green Mill, Chicago, IL, April 19, 2009
To the forgotten of Hurricane Katrina.
Zydeco is Creole-based music indigenous to Louisiana. The lead instrument of a Zydeco band is accordion and the music itself over the years has integrated a wide variety of popular music forms. Rather than trying to copy the sound or instrumentation of a Zydeco band, the emphasis is on rhythm.