The Balfa Family: A Retrospective Festivals Acadiens et Créoles 1977-2010
The Balfa Family: A Retrospective Festivals Acadiens et Créoles 1977-2010
Released in 2012
Valcour Records has teamed up again with Festivals Acadiens et Créoles and the Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette for this second release in the Rubber Bootleg Series, featuring selected festival performances by various configurations and members of The Balfa Family, spanning 1977 to 2010. The Balfas have helped shape Cajun music, how it is performed in different settings, the way it is preserved, and the way it progresses from one generation to the next. We owe them a great debt for their contribution to Louisiana music and we are honored to make this historical recording available.
Sample Tracks
Tracks
1. Pine Grove Blues
2. J'ai été au bal
3. Viens me Chercher
4. Lacassine Special
5. Choupique
6. French Blues
7. Fiddlesticks - J'ai été au bal/Lost Indian Reel
8. Quand j'étais pauvre
9. Big Boy's Waltz
10. Parlez-nous à boire
11. J'ai pleuré
12. Madeleine
13. Mon vieux wagon
14. Valse de Balfa
15. Tu peux cogner
16. Reel de Nonc Will
17. La maraine
18. Les barres de la prison
19. Viens me chercher
20. Two step des Festivals Acadiens