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June Artist of the Month: Dire Wood

This Month Valcour is featuring the entrancing and melodic sounds of Lafayette’s Dire Wood. With the release of their second full-length album, The Escape, this summer, Dire Wood is winning their way into the souls and minds of Lafayette’s blossoming creative rock scene.
Take a moment to hear their sounds in this month’s Artist of the […]

Herman Fuselier is a fan of Valcour Records music. We try not to pat ourselves on the back too much, but we sure do appreciate when others do it for us! In the article, Herman walks through each of our albums to date and talks about what makes them so good. We agree with absolutely […]

Valcour Merch Shop Online!

The new Valcour Records Merch Shop is online and open for business!
With a variety of high quality t-shirts, hoodies, bags, and other accessories available, the shop allows you to show how much you love Valcour and Louisiana music right there on your body! The selection is simple yet ample enough right now, and we […]

This month we’re taking you into the realm of songwriting and good ol’ country rock from Louisiana. Drew Landry, our second Artist of the Month going by that last name, and his band, the Dirty Cajuns, have been prolific over the past few years marking their territory in the upper echelon of the Americana charts […]

It’s Festival time again! Festival International and the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival are both kicking off this week in Louisiana and Valcour has a number of artists taking part. Feufollet, Cedric Watson, and the Figs will all be there. We’ve prepared a calendar for you to download, print and take along with you […]

Jam Session Podcast

In this episode, Lucius speaks with Linzay Young of the Red Stick Ramblers about the role the Savoy Music Center jam sessions played in his musical beginnings and how these types of sessions still play a major role in his career - plus we get treated to some audio clips of the Mardi Gras jam […]

Cedric Watson’s CD Release Video

From Synclive.com…

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March Artist of the Month: Arbor Vitae

This Month Valcour Records turns its eyes away from traditional music for a moment - toward one of the Lafayette area’s hottest indie rock groups - Arbor Vitae. This band is mellow and full of soul and they prove that musicians in Louisiana can excel at all different types of music, despite our roots in […]

Feufollet: Cow Island Hop

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On a Saturday night, twenty and thirtysomethings, scholars, writers, artists, bohemians and young professionals dance to Feufollet at the favorite local outdoor venue, the blue moon saloon. Red and blue neon permeates the scene and, as the band pounds, the wooden deck of the dance floor threatens to crash to the […]

Cedric Watson CD Release Party March 28th

Cedric Watson will be celebrating the release of his popular solo debut with Valcour Records in a performance with the Iguanas at Lafayette’s Blue Moon Saloon on March 28th.
The album is already getting lots of airplay around South Louisiana and is slated to be available in key markets nationwide early next month. Also, with festival […]