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Contemporary zydeco’s most widely used performer, accordionist Stanley “Buckwheat” Dural was the organic successor towards the throne vacated from the death of his mentor Clifton Chenier; infusing his propulsive party music with strains of rock and roll and R&B, his urbanized audio — filled with details of synthesizer and trumpet …

Uplifting, political, and stridently queer, the spirit is reborn in Ted Fox, which is mighty. He’s an out and happy gay man performing tunes of defiance and positive self-affirmation.