Buckwheat Zydeco’s longtime manager and producer Ted Fox reflects on launching zydeco’s first major label release. “I was a senior editor [at Audio magazine] and I started getting into zydeco. Audio ...
Young Stanley Doral Jr. hated Zydeco music. You can blame his Stanley Senior for that. Raised in a crowded, cramped home in Lafayette, La., Stanley Jr. quickly grew tired of dad’s incessant accordion ...
Musician Stanley "Buckwheat" Dural Jr., who rose from a cotton-picking family in southwest Louisiana to introduce zydeco music to the world through his namesake band Buckwheat Zydeco, has died. He was ...
It’s almost a curse being the son of a famous musician, especially when yo’ big daddy is the legendary Buckwheat Zydeco, who elevated Zydeco to worldwide prominence. If you don’t measure up, there ...
Acadiana came out on top during the 66th Grammy Awards on Feb. 4. In the 33rd tie in the show's history, Lost Bayou Ramblers with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra and Buckwheat Zydeco, Jr. and the ...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Musician Stanley "Buckwheat" Dural Jr., who rose from a cotton-picking family in southwest Louisiana to introduce zydeco music to the world through his namesake band Buckwheat ...
Subscribe to The St. Louis American‘s free weekly newsletter for critical stories, community voices, and insights that matter. Sign up (CNN) — Stanley Dural Jr., a Louisiana music legend whose stage ...
The country’s biggest zydeco star, fresh off winning his first-ever Grammy Award, is spending Mardi Gras in Tucson. Don’t ask David Slutes how he was able to pull it off, but Buckwheat Zydeco Jr. will ...
If you're looking for something different from Buckwheat Zydeco, "Jackpot!" pays off big at the very end. That's when accordionist and Grammy winner Stanley "Buckwheat" Dural Jr. rekindles his love ...
When the Lost Bayou Ramblers received a Grammy nomination in 2017 for their album "Kalenda," they were excited — but Louis Michot and his band members immediately started thinking about how much it ...
Stanley Dural, better known as Buckwheat Zydeco, realizes that many younger blacks along the Gulf Coast are skeptical about zydeco music. He appreciates that they think the music is for their parents ...