Record of the Week: Durand Jones 'Wait Til I Get Over'

The history of Hillaryville, Louisiana can be traced all the way back to the late 1800s. Located along the Mississippi River, the small community was founded by eight slaves who received it as a form of reparations after the Civil War. The stories of green sugarcane, longshoremen on the river, and rice farmers in this deep rural south of Louisiana are passed on generation after generation, including Durand Jones’ grandmother who describes it as “The place you’d most want to live.”Jones takes listeners on a journey through his views of the history and his own personal experiences on his debut solo album Wait Til I Get Over.Webpost