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Festivals Acadiens et Créoles Kickoff Party with Valcour Records
Join Valcour Records for the Festivals Acadiens et Créoles kickoff party. Open to all, but complementary to Valcour Records’s Coop members, this will be a chance for the community to come […]
Jourdan Thibodeaux et les Rôdailleurs: La Prière (Valcour Records)
If you think this is another traditional fare of alternating Cajun two-steps and waltzes, then skip on by. That would be the conventional approach, but Jourdan Thibodeaux is hardly a conformist. He writes his originals on his fiddle, and doesn’t listen to music while driving his truck, instead preferring to hear melodies mentally.
Johnny Nicholas Presents Moon and the Stars, A Tribute to Moon Mullican, Volumes 1 & 2 (Valcour Records)
Johnny Nicholas Presents Moon and the Stars, A Tribute to Moon Mullican, Volumes 1 & 2. When it comes to vintage country music, Moon Mullican isn’t the most recognizable name like his buddy Hank Williams or western swing king Bob Wills. Yet, enthusiasts of the genre are probably familiar with a few originals the “King of the Hillbilly Piano Players” left behind, like “I’ll Sail My Ship Alone” and “Pipeliner Blues” that occasionally pop up in the repertoires of others.
Riley Family Band, La Vie De Riley (Valcour Records)
Ever since Steve Riley’s sons Burke and Dolsy could walk, they’ve been involved with music in the family household. After a few years, the young musicians (now twelve and nine […]
Kyle Huval and the Dixie Club Ramblers, Amédée’s Waltz (Valcour Records)
The second recording with this lineup (third overall) from Kyle Huval and the Dixie Club Ramblers would fit well with Cajun recordings from 70 years ago. Huval wrote 11 of […]
Boma Bango, Étranger (Valcour Records)
It’s not hard to imagine an only slightly alternate world in which a brand of rumba took root and flourished in the heart of Acadiana, just as it did in […]
Daniel Coolik & K.C. Jones, Spirited Melancholy (Valcour Records)
If COVID-19 has been good for anything, it has been for otherwise touring musicians to collaborate on one-off projects without scheduling conflicts. Such is the case with K.C. Jones, the […]
Johnny Nicholas, Mistaken Identity (Valcour Records)
Texas Hill Country roots musician Johnny Nicolas hails his Valcour Records debut as a homecoming of sorts and for good reason: he’s been cultivating South Louisiana roots for years. Nicholas’ […]
T’Monde, Lights in the Harbor (Valcour Records)
On the third album in its eight-year existence, Cajun trio T’Monde continues to distinguish itself from its fuller band contemporaries. Vocals are its most salient attribute, especially given the angelic […]
Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys, 30 Years Live! (Valcour Records)
The Rolling Stones band is famous for its freakish longevity, but groups like Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys playing an indigenous, cultural music (read: Cajun) for half that time […]
