Queen Ida was the first female accordion player to lead a zydeco band. Favoring a 31-button accordion, she is noted for her melodic playing, and for focusing on the treble side of her instrument, which makes her style similar to Mexican playing styles. Though like many other zydeco artists of the '80s, her music was well grounded in Creole traditions, she also integrates Caribbean, Cajun (with the ...more
- Amos Garrett
- Return of the Formerly Brothers
- Accordion
- Queen Ida
- Cooking Zydeco: A Queen Ida Compendium
- Main Performer
- Various Artists
- Zydeco (Putumayo)
- Performer
- Various Artists
- Music from the Zydeco Kingdom
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