Tag Archives: Buckwheat Zydeco

Latest Jazz Festing in Place offers classic performances from B.B. King, John Lee Hooker, Dr. John and more

If you didn’t tune in for the first weekend of this fall’s edition of WWOZ’s Jazz Festing in Place the past weekend (with the live, in-person version of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival once again cancelled due to … Continue reading

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Buckwheat’s World, party time, excellent! Zydeco legend’s Kickstarter campaign eyes YouTube series

With more and more musicians of all genres turning to crowdfunding sites such as Kickstarter and indiegogo to assist in bringing their work to fruition, it’s kind of neat to see some of the different types of projects that have … Continue reading

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A chompin’ good time: 40 years on, Alligator still rockin’ the house

Just as the Queen of the Blues Koko Taylor belts out in the opening lines of her “I’m a Woman” that starts the album, you know “everything gonna’ be alright” about the 40th Anniversary Collection from Alligator Records. From the indie label’s … Continue reading

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