Jesse Legé, Joel Savoy and the Cajun Country Revival, The Right Combination (Valcour Records)

Joel Savoy has become a central figure in the Acadian Uprising, a second wave of young revivalists coming to the forefront of Cajun music culture in the first decade of […]

Pine Leaf Boys, Back Home (Valcour Records)

After countless stateside and international tours, the Pine Leaf Boys realize that you never appreciate what you have until you leave home, hence the premise of the disc’s title. Their […]

Cedric Watson et Bijou Creole, Creole Moon: Live From the Blue Moon (Valcour Records)

Creole Moon, a live recording from Lafayette’s Blue Moon Saloon, is Cedric Watson’s second release in less than a year following his late 2009 studio release L’Éspirit Créole. Unlike so […]

The Givers, Givers EP (Valcour)

Lafayette-based Valcour Records broke from their usual Cajun and zydeco fare late last year to sign a local band less than a year old. The Givers describe themselves as “Afro-beat, dancy pants, indie pop love music,” […]

Cedric Watson et Bijou Creole, L’Ésprit Créole (Valcour)

When Cedric Watson’s eponymous debut dropped in 2008, only the astute realized that this was not just a solo record by a talented Pine Leaf Boys member but a premonition […]

Linzay Young & Joel Savoy, Linzay Young & Joel Savoy (Valcour)

Based on their longstanding musical association, it’s only fitting that Linzay Young and Joel Savoy unite for this eponymous recording and Valcour’s inaugural installment of its Artist Series. Young and […]

Bonsoir, Catin, Vive L’Amour (Valcour)

With their auspicious 2007 debut, Bonsoir, Catin established themselves among the creative forces in Cajun music. The group’s sophomore effort wastes no time in strengthening that perception, opening with an […]

Christine Balfa, Christine Balfa Plays the Triangle (Valcour)

On only the most moonless of nights deep in the Acadiana bayou, if on the unlikely chance you can get someone to point you in the right direction, if against […]

Cedric Watson, Cedric Watson (Valcour)

Only a few years after moving to Lafayette from Sealy, Texas, Cedric Watson has become one of the most prolific contributors to Acadiana’s recent outpouring of roots music. Through recent […]

Feufollet, Low Island Hop (Valcour)

Cow Island Hop finds Feufollet all grown up with somewhere to go. Formed in 1995 by accordionist and fiddler Chris Stafford and Chris Segura when Stafford was 8 and Segura […]