Delafose, Ardoin Headline Zydeco Concert at UL

Delafose, Ardoin Headline Zydeco Concert at UL

Geno Delafose & Lawrence Ardoin Perform
In Concert on Saturday, March, 19, 2016


February 19, 2016

Herman Fuselier
The Advertiser

Geno Delafose performs next to a portrait of his father John during the 33rd annual Southwest Louisiana Zydeco Music Festival in Plaisance, LA., Saturday, Sept. 5, 2015. 

(Photo: Daily Advertiser)

Geno Delafose and French Rockin' Boogie, along with Lawrence Ardoin and Tradition Creole, will perform for "Zydeco, La-La, Ya-Ya," a free concert at 7:30 p.m. March 19 at Angelle Hall on the University of Louisiana at Lafayette campus. The event is part of the annual Festival of the Arts, presented by UL's College of the Arts.

Nick Spitzer, the master of ceremonies and host of public radio's "American Routes," will receive the College of the Arts SPARK Lifetime Achievement at ArTech Fusion, set for March 18, 2016 at the Acadiana Center for the Arts. A professor of anthropology at Tulane, Spitzer has made documentaries and recordings that chronicle Louisiana's African French communities.

Spitzer is the founding director of the Louisiana Folklife Program and a folklorist specializing in Creole music and culture at the Smithsonian Institution and elsewhere.ouisiana Convention and Visitors Bureau at (337) 436-9588, or visit www.visitlakecharles.org. 

 Lawrence "Black" Ardoin; Veillee Amede Ardoin Project (2014)

The concert highlights "La La," the Creole, house party music that Lawrence Ardoin and his father, Bois Sec, played. The sounds laid the foundation for zydeco, which is made popular by Geno Delafose and his father, the late John Delafose.

The Ardoin legacy continues through Lawrence's sons, Chris and his NuStep Band, and Sean, who heads Zydekool and Creole United. Geno Delafose is a Grammy nominee for his 2007 CD, "Le Cowboy Creole."

For more concert information, contact the UL School of Music at 337-482-6016.

Want to go?

"Zydeco, La La, Ya Ya: An Evening of Zydeco Music"

7:30 p.m.. March 19, 2016

Angelle Hall, UL campus

Admission; Free

Information: 337-482-6016

9:00 PM