Chubby Carrier

The Coushatta Crossroads Festival is today, October 5th in the pavilion at Coushatta Casino resort in Kinder.. This will be the fourth installment in the festival concert series and I have had the pleasure of being the emcee for all of the festivals and let me tell you, this is one festival you don't want to miss!

The Coushatta Crossroads Festival will be this Saturday October 5th in the pavilion at Coushatta Casino resort in Kinder.. This will be the fourth installment in the festival concert series and I have had the pleasure of being the emcee for all of the festivals and let me tell you, this is one festival you don't want to miss!

Grammy Award Winner Chubby Carrier is working on a brand new CD which is due out next month. For his first single on his new record, he teamed up with Chris Ardoin which is called 'Another Pretty Face'.  Take a listen.

Zydeco star and Grammy award winner Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band will be rocking the Caribbean Cove at the Isle Of Capri Casino in Westlake, Louisiana this Saturday night September 14th.

The Gueydan Duck Festival starts tonight and goes through Sunday at the Duck Festival Park located at 404 Duck Festival Road Gueydan, La. It is four days of great food and music. We have the official lineup of entertainment for this year's festival.

The Coushatta Casino Resort has released the official lineup for the Coushatta Crossroads Festival that happens twice every year. This will be the fourth installment in the festival concert series and we have the lineup for the festival that will take place on Saturday, October 5th, 2013.  I have had the pleasure of being the emcee for all of the festivals and let me tell you, this is one festival

The 10th annual Cameron Fishing Festival is this weekend August 2nd, 3rd and 4th at the Cameron Jetty pier. This years festival boasts a big lineup of entertainment and great food with activities for the kids. Here is the schedule of events:

Joseph "Chubby" Carrier, who won a Grammy Award for his 2010 release of "Zydeco Junkie", celebrates his birthday today.

It is the last weekend of the Mardi Gras season leading up to the big day on Tuesday.  With that being said, a whole host of your favorite artists like Keith Frank, Damon Troy, Steve Riley, Chubby Carrier, Travis Matte and Horace Trahan just to name a few will all be in the Lake Charles area to perform live. These artists will be in the Lake Area performing live in different venues to celebrate th

Zydeco music has come a long way in the last century, and who knows where it will go in the next 100 years.  But one thing will always remain the same, according to Grammy winner Chubby Carrier -- if you want to make a mark on music, you can't copy other people.  You have to remain true to yourself.

Before Zydeco artists were getting feet moving in clubs worldwide, it was largely an in-home phenomenon.  For a young Chubby Carrier, it was nothing for his family to empty a room and turn it into a dance floor.

The word "Zydeco" only goes back 50 years or so, but the roots of the music are ancient.  How can one style of music have roots in Germany, France, Italy, the Caribbean and America all at the same time?  Chubby Carrier explains.