Zydeco

[Gregory]

Zydeco Music is a unique form of musical expression that originated in rural southwest Louisiana. Locally known as la la music, Zydeco music was formed and forged in a time best forgotten--a time when African-Americans had to struggle in the fields from sunup to [sundown] as sharecroppers so that their children might reap a better life.
It was these [backbreaking] hard times that help to define one of the most vibrant and successful musical traditions in the world. The phrase Zydeco [sont] pas sale means The snapbeans are not Salty in Creole French, and the music draws upon French, Creole, West African, Cajun, Caribbean, and [R

[Monty]

A kind of black American dance music originally from southern Louisiana, typically featuring accordion and guitar.

[Kai]

a type of dance music originally played by black musicians in Louisiana in the US, often using an accordion and a washboard