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Zydeco in a sentence
Zydeco meaning
A form of Louisiana Creole music, characteristically performed by accordion and washboard bands, that combines Cajun and Creole roots music with elements of African American music.
Synonyms of Zydeco
Using Zydeco
- The main meaning on this page is: A form of Louisiana Creole music, characteristically performed by accordion and washboard bands, that combines Cajun and Creole roots music with elements of African American music.
- Useful related words include: country music, country and western, c and w.
- In the example corpus, zydeco often appears in combinations such as: zydeco and, zydeco music, cajun zydeco.
Context around Zydeco
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 7 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Zydeco
- In this selection, "zydeco" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, cajun, rhythmic, noted, music, great and brothers stand out and add context to how "zydeco" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a little zydeco and southern and and the zydeco brothers were. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "zydeco" sits close to words such as aaditya, aardman and abbess, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with zydeco
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Zydeco musicians used electric solo guitar and cajun arrangements of blues standards. (12 words)
The Drummer's Bible: How to Play Every Drum Style from Afro-Cuban to Zydeco. (15 words)
In Zydeco bands, the frottoir is usually played with bottle openers, to make a louder sound. (16 words)
Each night — after a long day at the festival’s gospel, zydeco and blues stages, of course — I can gorge on the BBQ shrimp at Pascal’s Manale, an Uptown spot that’s been serving up New Orleans classics since before they were classics, circa 1913. (46 words)
The Cajun dance craze swept the nation for a while and Derby was right at the heart of it, not least because the best British band on the circuit, R Cajun and the Zydeco Brothers, were from the city. (39 words)
The Kiever’s fundraising event, Fiddlers for the Roof, which was held on Sept. 15, featured traditional Iranian music with a focus on Jewish musicians, klezmer and other eastern European styles, along with cajun and zydeco music. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
During the festival, thousands of attendees visited the VLC booth and VIP area to participate in trip giveaway competitions, sample Cajun cooking, casino table games and enjoy rhythmic Zydeco music by award-winning artist Sean Ardoin.
She noted zydeco great C. J. Chenier is honored at the Museum of the Gulf Coast in Port Arthur.
Lafayette is known as the "Happiest City in America," partly because of its love for music, especially Cajun, zydeco, and blues.
The Cajun dance craze swept the nation for a while and Derby was right at the heart of it, not least because the best British band on the circuit, R Cajun and the Zydeco Brothers, were from the city.
The captain will blow his whistle at participating points for crews to get down to dance to zydeco.
As you will see in the list below, it's quite a nice mix of Cajun, Zydeco, Country, and Swamp Pop music.
Blues from the 1920s to the present with a little zydeco and southern soul added to the mix, hosted by Art Schuna and Bonnie Kalmbach.
Each night — after a long day at the festival’s gospel, zydeco and blues stages, of course — I can gorge on the BBQ shrimp at Pascal’s Manale, an Uptown spot that’s been serving up New Orleans classics since before they were classics, circa 1913.
In addition to Weiss and Littleton, the paper’s other authors are Jan Melom, who helped lead the discovery of zydeco, postdoc Kiel Ormerod, and former postdoc Yao Zhang.
The Kiever’s fundraising event, Fiddlers for the Roof, which was held on Sept. 15, featured traditional Iranian music with a focus on Jewish musicians, klezmer and other eastern European styles, along with cajun and zydeco music.
The party kicks off at 5 p.m. with a live DJ spinning New Orleans zydeco, jazz and R&B hits, followed a live performance by The South Austin Moonlighters.
Reminds me of that Lil’ Boosie zydeco record, minus the accordeon (no one here knows what I’m talking about but whatevs).
The lineup includes live music from the Zydeco Dots and the Tomes, plenty of flowing beer and drink specials, and a crawfish and shrimp boil.
Cajun music gained national attention in 2007, when the Grammy Award for Best Zydeco or Cajun Music Album category was created.
Cajun music is often mentioned in tandem with the Creole -based, Cajun -influenced zydeco form, both of Acadiana origin.
Conversely, the frottoir (zydeco rubboard) dispenses with the frame and consists simply of the metal ribbing hung around the neck.
In Zydeco bands, the frottoir is usually played with bottle openers, to make a louder sound.
The Drummer's Bible: How to Play Every Drum Style from Afro-Cuban to Zydeco.
Up to and including 2011, there were separate categories for various regional American music forms, such as Hawaiian music, Native American music and Zydeco/Cajun music.
Zydeco musicians used electric solo guitar and cajun arrangements of blues standards.
Common combinations with zydeco
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: