In the twelve or so years that have lapsed since I listened to a Buckwheat Zydeco record, it is comforting to know that the group is still going strong, and yet no wonder. Convincing evidence to their ...

Few artists in this music-crazed corner of the world can match the resume of Stanley "Buckwheat" Dural of Carencro. Leader of the Grammy- and Emmy-winning band Buckwheat Zydeco, Dural performed before ...

Stanley “Buckwheat” Dural Jr., the accordionist and ambassador of zydeco music who performed under the stage name Buckwheat Zydeco, died Saturday following a battle with lung cancer. He was 68. “It is ...

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 ...

Stanley "Buckwheat" Dural Jr., who traveled the world as the namesake of Buckwheat Zydeco and brought Louisiana music to the dancing masses with his accordion, affable smile and improvised setlists, ...

The King of Zydeco, Buckwheat Zydeco, returns to the Magic Bag on Tuesday, July 16 for a stompin’ night of high energy tunes. American musical legend Stanley “Buckwheat” Dural Jr. – along with his ...

Stanley Dural Jr., better known as Buckwheat, has been mixing the Creole sounds of Lafayette, La., with rock and R&B for three decades. Dural's accordion leads the way in Buckwheat Zydeco, accompanied ...

Stanley Dural Jr., known by his stage name Buckwheat, died on Saturday in his hometown of Lafayette, Louisiana. He was 68. Since 1979, his band, Buckwheat Zydeco, brought zydeco — a style of music ...

“Honey, down here everyone knows how to cook,” says Louisiana native Mary-Alice Culhane (Mary McDonnell) to visiting Chicagoan Chantelle (Alfre Woodard) in the 1988 film Passion Fish. Stanley ...

Stanley "Buckwheat" Dural Jr., who traveled the world as the namesake of Buckwheat Zydeco and brought Louisiana music to the dancing masses with his accordion, affable smile and improvised setlists, ...

Stanley "Buckwheat" Dural Jr., who traveled the world as the namesake of Buckwheat Zydeco and brought Louisiana music to the dancing masses with his accordion, affable smile and improvised setlists, ...