Much as you might expect someone who calls himself, say, Bob Jazz to be pretty good at bebop, Buckwheat Zydeco, aka Stanley Dural, is simply put the country’s foremost ambassador of zydeco music. The Louisiana native is practically a living legend and is widely credited with introducing zydeco’s infectious rhythms to mainstream audiences. As the New York Times put it, Dural “leads one of the best bands in America.” Buckwheat Zydeco appears at ArtsRiot on Tuesday, July 22, as part of the Shelter Series.
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