I had never heard of Zydeco until I went to the Lowell Folk Festival about 12 years ago and heard a really good band. It may have been Buckwheat Zydeco, as they were really famous. I know nothing about music and never knew who sang the songs that were on my tapes for my classes when I taught at the gym. I remember dancing to the band and people were going nuts in the street. So yes, that style of music would be great for any fitness class. As long as the music has "even" 8 beat counts... I found out the hard way that not all songs do, when I had DH make me a tape with some songs I liked. I started to use it in class and pulled it out after the 2nd song, the only time I ever did that.