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zydeco
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zy·de·co  (zd-k)
n.
Popular music of southern Louisiana that combines French dance melodies, elements of Caribbean music, and the blues, played by small groups featuring the guitar, the accordion, and a washboard.
[From Louisiana French, possibly alteration of Les haricots (sont pas salé), name of a song, pl. of French haricot, bean; see haricot1.]
zydeco [ˈzaɪdəˌkəʊ]
n
(Music, other) a type of Black Cajun music
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Noun1.zydeco - music of southern Louisiana that combines French dance melodies with Caribbean music and blueszydeco - music of southern Louisiana that combines French dance melodies with Caribbean music and blues
C and W, country and western, country music - a simple style of folk music heard mostly in the southern United States; usually played on stringed instruments
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There's something to be said for holding on to the heritage of Cajun and zydeco music, but there also has to be some room for exploration and stylistic expansion within the genre.
SOUNDWAVES; FUNK N FETE-TASTIC by The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM)
After the couple cut the cake and was toasted by guests inside the mansion, the party continued into the twilight hours on the back lawn where the band The Sofa Kings provided selections of Jimmy Buffett tunes and Zydeco music, both favorites of the bride.
Malpass & Parnell by Mississippi Magazine
Concert preview Curley Taylor & Zydeco Trouble What: Live zydeco music with dance instruction for the first hour When: Instruction at 7 p.
Zydeco fans get chance to dance to the real thing by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
 
 
 
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