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Profile
Rosie Ledet
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1999 KBA Award Winner
Achievement for Blues on the Internet
Presented by the Blues Foundation
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One of the few younger Zydeco players who still writes and sings some of her own material in Creole French, 29 year old Rosie Ledet, affectionately know as the Zydeco Sweetheart, is at the forefront of today’s traditional Zydeco music scene. Her warm stage presence combined with her highly infectious dance rhythms, makes Ledet an irresistible attraction to audiences wherever she plays. Mary Rosezla Bellard Ledet was born October 25, 1971 in rural Church Point, LA, She learned to play the accordion by watching her husband, Morris, play and then practicing on his accordion while he worked during the day. Describing her first exposure to Zydeco music she said, "I attended my first Zydeco dance at Richard's Club in Lawtell, LA . I didn't think I would like Zydeco music, but when I heard Boozoo Chavis play, I was hooked on it! That night I fell in love with Zydeco music." She is a completely self-taught musician, which is an impressive feat considering the complexity of an accordion, but she said it's easy compared to the guitar which leaves her stumped. Since rising to the front of her husband’s Zydeco band, Rosie Ledet has been performing steadily throughout the Louisiana-Texas Zydeco circuit, as well as touring coast to coast around the U.S. Rosie plays more of the traditional style of Cajun and Zydeco music and has quickly become "the act" to watch on the Zydeco circuit. With a sound that is built on punchy rhythms and raucous, repeating squeezebox riffs, Rosie describes her dance-friendly Zydeco music as "sped-up blues. I hope you brought along your dancing shoes because you will find it hard to stay in your seat for this show.
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