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A new band has made its way into the Valcour mix. They aren’t Cajun, they aren’t zydeco, they aren’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 of several musicians from various improvisational groups all centered in southwestern Louisiana who have combined to form one cohesive music making body, creating what they refer to as afro-beat, dancy pants, indie pop love music.
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We’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 her work in our September Artist of the Month feature!
Paula LaFargue's Handmade Clothing Line
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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 roots are revealed in Cedric’s journey through the influences of kompa, merengue, and the flexible and sometimes humorous approach Black Creoles take interpreting duple and triple meters.
Continue reading ‘Cedric and Bijou: L’Ésprit Créole’
Thanks to everyone who participated in our joint contest with the Lafayette Tipitina’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’ve included some runners up in this months AOM, but Christine Peirce really kicked it up a notch and we are proud to call her July Artist of the Month!
Look for Christine’s music on our Lafayette non-traditional music scene compilation coming out later this year…
Christine Peirce is the winner of our Tipitina's cong contest with her track, "Me & You"
We’re proud to have finally worked with these girls – they are changing people’s perceptions about the role of women in Cajun music, and music in general. Just in time for their fantastic latest release—Vive L’Amour—we bring you our June AOM, Bonsoir Catin!
June Artist of the Month: Bonsoir Catin
Lafayette, LA (June 26) — 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 a couple of months ago as an opportunity for the two organizations to nurture and incentivize a healthy local music culture.
Tipitina’s Co-op, a tech access center providing business development and job skills training for local musicians, filmmakers and other digital media professionals, will serve as host to the contest, in which artists are allowed only 3 hours to record a song as an entry. The artist submitting the winning track will be awarded $200, a feature on the Valcour Records website, and a spot on the upcoming Valcour Records Lafayette music scene compilation due out later this year.
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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 presents a sound that is unique to Cajun music, and in Louisiana we can feel it in our blood, and it creates a sound track for our identity.
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Ladies and Gentlemen, the new Bonsoir Catin album, Vive L’Amour, is finally here! Well, at least it will be here on June 15th…
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 download free, right here:
La Valse de Tolan
Mama Rosin
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This month we’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!
May Artist of the Month: Bébébelge
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 story on the magazines website here.
