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 […]

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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 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 […]

Well, The Figs just keep racking up the honors! Just recently, they were chosen to appear on the Musicians for Minneapolis Disaster Relief Compilation, benefiting the victims of the Minneapolis Bridge Disaster in 2007, and now, they have been nominated for a “2008 Big Easy Music Award” from New Orleans’ Gambit Weekly for “Best Country/Folk […]

Thanks to our partners at Crucial Music, Valcour has placed the title track from Cedric Watson and Corey Ledet’s Goin’ Down to Louisiana album into the new film from Indian director Udayan Prasad, The Yellow Handkerchief.
The movie, starring William hurt, Maria Bello, and up and coming young actors Kristen Stewart and Eddie Redmayne, was shot […]

Photo by Jillian Johnson
Feufollet is (pictured left to right):
Philippe Billeaudeaux
Chris Stafford
Joshua Caffery
Anna Laura Edmiston
Michael Stafford
Chris Segura
Surprise, surprise! In a sudden development, Valcour and the fantastical Cajun/Progressive band from Lafayette, Feufollet have joined forces to bring you an amazing new album. Cow Island Hop, Feufollet’s first full album with Valcour Records, features both originals and traditionals, […]

Don’t have your own copy of the magazine? Read about the “Best of the Beat” winners here.
We’d like to thank everyone who voted for us in the 2007 Offbeat Magazine Best of the Beat Awards! Thanks to you we walked away with not only the Cajun Album of the Year for the acclaimed Allons Boire […]

Valcour Records is now on Flickr. As our photo collection has grown, we have more and more great shots from recording sessions, festivals, concerts, parties, and otherwise that are too good to not share, but too numerous to put here. Our resident photographer extraordinaire, Lucius Fontenot, who produces nearly 100% of our photos, will be […]

Allons Boire un Coup has been nominated for offBeat Magazine’s “Best of the Beat” contest in the Best Cajun Album category. In addition to ABUC, many more great albums and artists have been nominated for various categories. So if you’re a Louisiana music fan, please, click here to share your voice for the Best of […]

Valcour Records is once again sponsoring the South Louisiana Black Pot Festival and Cookoff. This year, the festival will feature a Valcour Records Stage with many of our recording artists, and unique combinations of many of your favorite Louisiana musicians.
The Black Pot poster, at left, was designed by Valcour’s own Lucius Fontenot. The Valcour […]