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		<title>Dr. Feelgood&#8230; In Loving Memory</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thank you for for keeping our heritage alive!
Click here to read about his contributions.



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		<link>http://www.valcourrecords.com/2010/02/14/dr-feelgood-in-loving-memory/</link>
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		<title>Valcour Represented at GRAMMYs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.valcourrecords.com/2010/02/14/valcour-represented-at-grammys/</link>
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		<title>February Artist of the Month: Generationals</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;s Eames Era) are making a splash nation-wide and have legitimized Louisiana&#8217;s place among geographies producing true independent [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.valcourrecords.com/2010/02/14/february-artist-of-the-month-generationals/</link>
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		<title>GIVERS on Oxford American, NPR, Daytrotter</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Everybody&#8217;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&#8217;s Editors&#8217; Picks page, the band&#8217;s song, Saw you First, has been featured on NPR&#8217;s All Songs Considered. Now, just as they get ready to kick [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.valcourrecords.com/2010/01/23/givers-on-oxford-americannpr-daytrotter/</link>
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		<title>Cedric All Over: NPR and NY Times</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Cedric Watson et Bijou Créole&#8217;s recent performance at Globalfest in Manhattan has not gone unnoticed. Johnn Pareles at The New York Times says Cedric &#8220;reconfigures new and old Cajun music with guts and smarts&#8221; and NPR decided to feature Cedric and the band as stand out artists on All Songs Considered. Cedric&#8217;s rigorous touring schedule [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.valcourrecords.com/2010/01/13/cedric-all-over-npr-and-ny-times/</link>
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		<title>Spinner Shouts Out to the Savoys</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yes, the Savoys are all over the Cajun and Zydeco GRAMMYs &#8211; Wilson and the Pine Leaf Boys, Ann and the Magnolia Sisters, and Joel, who produced the Magnolia Sisters&#8217;  and Cedric Watson and Bijou Créole&#8217;s GRAMMY nominated albums. Steve Hochman recounts the scene at the Savoy&#8217;s latest boucherie and discusses the family&#8217;s internal competition [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.valcourrecords.com/2010/01/05/spinner-shouts-out-to-the-savoys/</link>
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		<title>Music Voyager to profile Cedric Watson</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.valcourrecords.com/2009/12/28/music-voyager-to-profile-cedric-watson/</link>
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		<title>Cedric and Bijou Nominated for a GRAMMY!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.valcourrecords.com/2009/12/02/cedric-and-bijou-nominated-for-a-grammy/</link>
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		<title>November Artist of the Month: Kristi Guillory</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bonsoir Catin&#8217;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 &#8220;Spectator Store,&#8221; Kristi is providing Louisiana music-lovers worldwide with a central resource for staying up on the culture.
Learn about [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.valcourrecords.com/2009/11/29/november-artist-of-the-month-kristi-guillory/</link>
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		<title>October Artist of the Month: GIVERS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As GIVERS prepare to tour with the Dirty Projectors, we&#8217;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&#8217;re thrilled to have them on Valcour for their maiden project!
Listen for yourself via our October Artist of the Month [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.valcourrecords.com/2009/10/19/october-artist-of-the-month-givers/</link>
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		<title>GIVERS EP</title>
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Now Shipping!

 A new band has made its way into the Valcour mix. They aren&#8217;t Cajun, they aren&#8217;t zydeco, they aren&#8217;t old time. GIVERS are are pure fun. At times poppy, at times psychadelic, their music incites and demands roars of applause from the packed bars and nightclubs they play around Louisiana.
GIVERS consists [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.valcourrecords.com/2009/09/08/givers-ep/</link>
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		<title>September Artist of the Month: Paula LaFargue</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re mixing it up a bit this month by featuring a different kind of artist—a fashion designer.
Paula LaFargue is a former Louisiana Ex-Pat who has returned home to be with family and to strike out on her own with an elegant and playful line of handmade dresses, skirts, and blouses. See what you think of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.valcourrecords.com/2009/09/04/september-artist-of-the-month-paula-lafargue/</link>
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		<title>Cedric and Bijou: L&#8217;Ésprit Créole</title>
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Now shipping! 
Available at iTunes now
To make a contribution to any traditional folk genre, a writer must know its traditional book of tunes, play to its audiences, and speak its language. Cedric Watson in this 2nd album as leader forges ahead with original Creole music influenced by the French Creole diaspora and West Africa. Creole’s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.valcourrecords.com/2009/08/31/cedric_and_bijou_lesprit_creole/</link>
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		<title>August AOM: Tips Contest Winner Christine Peirce</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to everyone who participated in our joint contest with the Lafayette Tipitina&#8217;s co-op in July! We got some phenomenal entries, especially considering participants were given only three hours to record and mix!
We have a few favorites and we&#8217;ve included some runners up in this months AOM, but Christine Peirce really kicked it up a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.valcourrecords.com/2009/08/26/august-aom-tips-contest-winner-christine-peirce/</link>
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		<title>June Artist of the Month: Bonsoir Catin</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re proud to have finally worked with these girls &#8211; they are changing people&#8217;s perceptions about the role of women in Cajun music, and music in general. Just in time for their fantastic latest release—Vive L&#8217;Amour—we bring you our June AOM, Bonsoir Catin!
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		<link>http://www.valcourrecords.com/2009/06/29/june-artist-of-the-month-bonsoir-catin/</link>
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		<title>Song Contest with Tipitina&#8217;s Co-op</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lafayette, LA (June 26) &#8212; Valcour Records and the Lafayette location of the Tipitina’s Music Office Co-op (at 510 Johnston Street) are joining forces to present a songwriting and production contest during the month of July. Valcour, operating on their belief that the Lafayette area is chock full of talent, approached Tipitina’s about the contest [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.valcourrecords.com/2009/06/25/song-contest-with-tipitinas-co-op/</link>
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		<title>Linzay Young and Joel Savoy (Self-Titled)</title>
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This is the first album in the Valcour Records Artist Series.
Often times, Cajun music fans find themselves skipping ahead to the twin fiddles track on their favorite album. This is not because its the only track they love, but because there is something special about the harmonic fiddles that resonates, literally, somewhere deep within. It [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.valcourrecords.com/2009/06/19/linzay-young-and-joel-savoy-self-titled/</link>
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		<title>Bonsoir Catin: Vive L&#8217;Amour</title>
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Ladies and Gentlemen, the new Bonsoir Catin album, Vive L&#8217;Amour, is finally here! Well, at least it will be here on June 15th&#8230;
You can pre-order it now from our CD Store and we will ship it to you just as soon as it arrives.
As promised, we are also offering two bonus tracks for you to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.valcourrecords.com/2009/05/20/bonsoir-catin-vive-lamour/</link>
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		<title>May Artist of the Month: Bébébelge</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This month we&#8217;re bringing you Cajun music from Geneva! Bébébelge does a fantastic jobn of interpreting Cajun music from a different perspective. It made us proud enough to feature their sound in our May Artist of the Month feature!
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		<link>http://www.valcourrecords.com/2009/05/19/may-artist-of-the-month-bebebelge/</link>
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		<title>Valcour in the Times</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Cody Daigle at the Times of Acadiana wrote a great story about Valcour that graced the cover of the news magazine last week. The article includes an in depth interview with Joel Savoy and Lucius Fontenot—2/3 of the Valcour founding partners—as well as a few reviews of Valcour releases at the end.
You can read the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.valcourrecords.com/2009/05/19/valcour-in-the-times/</link>
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		<title>Triangle Album on All Things Considered</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Melissa Block interviews Chas Justus, genius producer behind Christine Balfa Plays the Triangle, about the importance of the Triangle to humanity, our culture, and Pythagorus.
Listen to the full story here.
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		<link>http://www.valcourrecords.com/2009/04/14/triangle-album-on-all-things-considered/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Goin&#8217; Down&#8221; in Midnight Bayou</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Do you like hot and heavy Louisiana romance? Do you like ghost stories? Do you believe in reincarnation?
Then you will LOVE Nora Roberts&#8217; Midnight Bayou on Lifetime TV!
Seriously, the title track from Goin&#8217; Down to Louisiana made its second movie appearance in this movie based on  a Nora Roberts romance novel. The movie, also starring [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.valcourrecords.com/2009/04/02/goin-down-in-midnight-bayou/</link>
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		<title>Christine Balfa in The Independent Weekly</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Independent Weekly&#8217;s Reese Fuller has caught on to the uncanny success Christine Balfa is having from her chart-pulverizing album, Plays the Triangle, out on Valcour Records.
&#8220;Seven hours after listening to Plays the Triangle, your hearing returns to normal, your vision clears up, that rash disappears, and you feel &#8211; strangely enough &#8211; both refreshed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.valcourrecords.com/2009/04/01/christine-balfa-in-the-independent/</link>
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		<title>April Artist of the Month: Triangle Remixers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The results are in! We got some very cool entries in the remix contest for our latest release, Christine Balfa Plays the Triangle. A big thanks to all who submitted, but unfortunately we only have room for the best&#8230;and here they are in our latest Artist of the Month Feature!
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		<link>http://www.valcourrecords.com/2009/04/01/april-artist-of-the-month-triangle-remix-winners/</link>
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		<title>March Artist of the Month: Nue Moon Revue</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This Month&#8217;s AOM is actually a show at Lafayette&#8217;s Blue Moon Saloon. The Nue Moon Revue, coordinated by Caroline Helm of The Figs, is a four times per year showcase of Lafayette&#8217;s best talent. For more details, some song samplings, and the date of the next Revue, check out our March Artist of the Month [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.valcourrecords.com/2009/03/16/march-artist-of-the-month-nue-moon-revue/</link>
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		<title>Contest: Remix Triangle Music, Win Cash!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mash it up!
With all the buzz surrounding our latest release, Christine Balfa Plays the Triangle, we couldn&#8217;t help but have a little fun with it. We&#8217;re hoping fans, musicians, and others who were just kind of accidentally exposed to this can help!
One thing is undeniable about Christine Balfa&#8217;s Triangle playing—she&#8217;s got skills. Reviewers from The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.valcourrecords.com/2009/03/01/contest-remix-triangle-music-win-cash/</link>
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		<title>February Artist of the Month: Eleisha Eagle</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This month we&#8217;re introducing you to a little girl from Lake Charles with a BIG voice. Eleisha Eagle has picked herself up by her own bootstraps to form a burgeoning and critically acclaimed young career in music. Utilizing her own talents as a performer, a musician, a songwriter, and a graphic designer, she has built [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.valcourrecords.com/2009/02/22/february-artist-of-the-month-eleisha-eagle/</link>
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		<title>Valcour Artists in the New York Times!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This post is just a brief update on some great recent press. Two weeks in a row now, the New York Times has heaped praise on releases by Valcour artists.
First, on GRAMMY day, Cedric Watson&#8217;s eponymous debut was reviewed. You can read it here.
And today, Christine Balfa Plays the Triangle has gotten its much deserved [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.valcourrecords.com/2009/02/15/valcour-artists-in-the-new-york-times/</link>
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		<title>Podcast: Get to Know Cedric Watson</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Creole wonder-boy Cedric Watson is probably en route to Los Angeles as I type this. He will be performing and participating in the GRAMMY Festivities along with all of his Louisiana friends, sent there to represent us properly. He has been nominated for his eponymous release in the category of Best Cajun or Zydeco Album [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.valcourrecords.com/2009/02/06/podcast-get-to-know-cedric-watson/</link>
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		<title>Cedric Watson in London / on the BBC</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Cedric Watson and Bijoux Creole will be playing to a sold out crowd at London&#8217;s famed Barbican Theatre. The show, hosted by Seasick Steve and also featuring the Wiyos, CW Stoneking, Diana Jones, and Allison Williams &#38; Chance McCoy, will be aired on the BBC&#8217;s Folk America Series.
Here is more info from the Barbican website:
&#8220;The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.valcourrecords.com/2009/01/18/ceric-watson-in-london-and-on-the-bbc/</link>
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