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Joel fraternizes with Weird Al
Joel Savoy took off for Los Angeles last Friday to represent Valcour at the 52nd Annual GRAMMY awards. After nearly an entire day of airport delays, he settled in at the Figueroa Hotel in downtown LA late Friday night and began the celebration with a glass of cognac at the hotel bar with nominees Ann Savoy (mom) and Jane Vidrine. Joel had two CDs he produced/co-produced nominated for GRAMMY awards this year: Valcour’s L’esprit Creole (Cedric Watson) and Arhoolie Records’ Stripped Down (Magnolia Sisters). This was his third trip to the GRAMMYs, but the development of the Cajun/Zydeco Category brought new hope for taking home the gold! Though defeated by the legendary Buckwheat Zydeco, it was a fantastic trip where he got to socialize with the who’s who of the music industry and spread the word about Valcour Records. After a weekend of non-stop parties, endless drink and food and celebrating, he came home Monday feeling inspired by what he had seen, and proposed these 10 thoughts for the new year:
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Louisiana is really becoming a hot scene for young indie acts, and it is probably safe to say these guys are leading the pack. The Generationals out of New Orleans (a project by former members of Baton Rouge’s Eames Era) are making a splash nation-wide and have legitimized Louisiana’s place among geographies producing true independent music innovators.
But see for yourself in our February 2010 Artist of the Month Feature…
February Artist of the Month: Generationals
Everybody’s favorite Afro-pop Indie band from Lafayette, GIVERS, continue to get noticed on the national scene. In addition to having their song, Ceiling of Plankton, featured on the Oxford American’s Editors’ Picks page, the band’s song, Saw you First, has been featured on NPR’s All Songs Considered. Now, just as they get ready to kick off their Northeast/Southeast/Texas/Louisiana Spring tour, GIVERS has been invited to perform for a Daytrotter session on February 9th! It’s hard to keep track of it all, but in a futile attempt, here are some useful links for all you crazy GIVERS fans:
GIVERS on All Songs Considered
GIVERS on the Oxford American site
Daytrotter site (this link will become more useful after February 9th, but they have a fantastic collection of recordings that you can enjoy at any time!)
GIVERS tour dates on Myspace
Photo courtesy of Piotr Redlinski, The New York Times
Cedric Watson et Bijou Créole’s recent performance at Globalfest in Manhattan has not gone unnoticed. Johnn Pareles at The New York Times says Cedric “reconfigures new and old Cajun music with guts and smarts” and NPR decided to feature Cedric and the band as stand out artists on All Songs Considered. Cedric’s rigorous touring schedule and his second GRAMMY nomination are paying off in the form of exposure and media coverage. We expect this trend to continue as his album is now officially nationally released and airplay and promotions have ramped up.
Read the New York Times review here
Listen to the live performance from All Songs Considered here
And if you haven’t caught the Music Voyager webisode featuring Cedric, watch it here
Yes, the Savoys are all over the Cajun and Zydeco GRAMMYs – Wilson and the Pine Leaf Boys, Ann and the Magnolia Sisters, and Joel, who produced the Magnolia Sisters’ and Cedric Watson and Bijou Créole’s GRAMMY nominated albums. Steve Hochman recounts the scene at the Savoy’s latest boucherie and discusses the family’s internal competition in his Spinner writeup, Will the Savoy Family Hog the Cajun/Zydeco GRAMMY?
Check out the article, or at least watch this video of the boucherie by Gloria Maso:
Music Voyager host Jacob Edgar will profile five GRAMMY® Nominated Artists
The Music Voyager TV series gives viewers a backstage pass to the most popular and fascinating music from around the world.
DECEMBER 28, 2009 – Music Voyager, a new public television TV series that gives viewers a backstage pass to the most popular and fascinating music from around the world, announced that the second artist profiled in its ROAD TO A GRAMMY® special is Cedric Watson, the breakout Créole Cowboy out of Lafayette. Tomorrow night (December 29), Music Voyager will profile and film Cedric along with his band, Bijou Créole, at a live performance at Lafayette’s Blue Moon Saloon.
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Cedric Watson et Bijou Créole
For the second year in a row, a Cedric Watson album on Valcour Records has been nominated for the Cajun and Zydeco category of the GRAMMYs.
L’ésprit Créole, now shipping from our CD Store, and to be officially released worldwide in the coming weeks, garnered enough votes to rise to the upper eschelon of Louisiana music.
Congratulations to Cedric, the band, and all the nominees!
Continue reading ‘Cedric and Bijou Nominated for a GRAMMY!’
Bonsoir Catin’s Kristi Guillory is taking Cajun and Creole music reviews virtual. With her content-rich blog, the Cajun and Creole Music Spectator, featuring musician and artist reviews, editorials, intriguing accounts of Acadian history, and even a “Spectator Store,” Kristi is providing Louisiana music-lovers worldwide with a central resource for staying up on the culture.
Learn about Kristi and visit the Spectator in our November Artist of the Month feature!
Kristi Guillory and the Cajun and Creole Music Spectator
As GIVERS prepare to tour with the Dirty Projectors, we’re giving you a full listen to the tracks on their new EP (minus the remix track). They are taking the east coast by storm and we’re thrilled to have them on Valcour for their maiden project!
Listen for yourself via our October Artist of the Month feature.
GIVERS just released their new EP with Valcour Records
