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Q&A: Buckwheat Zydeco

Creole-music legend talks about his new album, life on the road and the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina...  read more

Buckwheat Zydeco To Release New Album

Buckwheat Zydeco is releasing Jackpot!, the band's first studio disc in eight years—promising more classic zydeco and reuniting bandleader Stanley “Buckwheat” Dural, Jr., with his signature Hammond B3 organ. “It was great to get back in the studio with a batch of new song ideas and my band,” said Dural. The band contains longtime stalwart, Lee Allen Zeno (bass and vocals), the legendary Paul “Lil’ Buck” Sinegal and Olivier Scoazec (lead guitars), Buckwheat’s son Sir Reginald Master Dural (rub board and vocals), Gerard St. Julien (drums) and Curtis Watson (trumpet). Catherine Russell—who tours regularly with David Bowie and Jackson Browne—provides...  read more