Bringing the Happy: Sean Ardoin teams up with the Stax Music Academy

“People ask, ‘What do you do?’” Sean Ardoin says in a chat from his Lake Charles home. His answer? “I get to provide the atmosphere for people to choose to be happy.” He pauses a fraction of a second for emphasis. “I bring the happy.”

Sean Ardoin and Kreole Rock & Soul Featuring LSU Golden Band From Tigerland, Full Circle (Zydekool Records)

Sean Ardoin and Kreole Rock and Soul Featuring LSU Golden Band From Tigerland. A while back, Sean Ardoin was at the LSU-Auburn football game when divine inspiration struck. Why not take a few of his songs that would fit a marching band, like LSU’s Golden Band From Tigerland, and do a one-of-a-kind recording with his own Kreole Rock & Soul aggregation?

Beat Café: Sean Ardoin and Alicia Renée, aka Blue Eyes

March 30, 2022 | David Johnson, digital media editor of OffBeat, interviewed Grammy-nominated, self-proclaimed “Kreole rock and soul” musician Sean Ardoin in advance of the 64th annual Grammy Awards in […]

Sean Ardoin and Kreole Rock and Soul, Live in New Orleans! (Independent)

From the bottom of the boot, baby! Sean Ardoin is now a three-time Grammy nominee with this riveting live recording from last July’s inaugural NOLA Zydeco Fest at the New […]

Sean Ardoin debuts new video of his soul classic “For You!”

Zydeco and soul musician Sean Ardoin has released a new video for his song “For You!” which he describes as “beautiful, sexy, and cinematic,” featuring model/actress Nie Tha Truth as […]

Cover Club, July 2021 (Sean Ardoin)

The Cover Club offers the month’s current issue printed on canvas so you can hang your favorite OffBeat magazine covers on the walls of your home! We offer 11×14 or 16×20 prints. The Cover Club applies ONLY to the current issue of OffBeat Magazine and is available for order through the final day of the current issue’s respective month (except for the Jazz Fest Bible issue, which is available until the final date of the respective year’s Jazz Fest).

This month, get our July 2021 issue featuring Sean Ardoin on the cover!

A Man in Constant Motion: Sean Ardoin headlines the NOLA Zydeco Fest

“I got a lot of stuff going on, man,” Sean Ardoin says. “It’s beautiful.” When the high-powered, two-time Grammy-nominated zydeco musician says he has a lot going on, you can […]

Sean Ardoin headlines NOLA Zydeco Festival

The French Quarter will be filled with the sounds of zydeco music and the aroma of authentic Creole cuisine compliments of the NOLA Zydeco Festival on July 3. Tamica Lee […]

Sean Ardoin, Ven (Zydekool Records)

Hey, wait a minute! Didn’t Sean Ardoin just put out an album? But hot off the heels of his 2018 Grammy-nominated Kreole Rock and Soul comes Ven (meaning 20 in […]

Soundcheck: Five Questions with Sean Ardoin

A fourth-generation musician, Sean Ardoin traces his lineage to Amédé Ardoin, an accordion genius and ’20s and ’30s recording artist who many believe laid the foundation for zydeco and Cajun music. […]