Chris Ardoin

Chris Ardoin is a popular zydeco artist, born on April 7, 1981.

Chris Ardoin (born April 26, 1971 in Lake Charles, Louisiana) is a zydeco accordionist and singer. He is one of the young artists that helped form nouveau zydeco, a new style of music that fused traditional zydeco with various styles including hip-hop, reggae and R&B. He was a child prodigy belonging to a musical dynasty (his father was Lawrence Ardoin and his grandfather, Alphonse "Bois Sec" Ardoin). He started with the accordion at the age of four. .