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From The Independent: One of the best things about Mardi Gras is if done correctly the amount of walking you get in is spectacular. They say you can lead a horse to water but you can’t make him drink — untrue at Mardi Gras where an endless amount of jackasses will stumble to the fun Read more…

In honor of the Mardi Gras season, Arnaudville’s Bayou Teche Brewing is releasing Courir de Mardi Gras, the brewery’s first seasonally produced beer. This limited edition beer honors Acadiana’s rural Mardi Gras traditions and is brewed as a Biere de Mars – a centuries old French style of farmhouse seasonal brew. Bayou Teche’s brewmaster Karlos Read more…

Well you may have noticed a calm before, but now it is time for the storm!  Valcour has overhauled our look, entered into new partnerships for distribution overseas and for joint musical projects here at home, and we are releasing two exciting CDs just in time for Festivals Acadiens and the coming holiday season!

Well we had an interesting weekend! Anthony Bourdain and the No Reservations crew came to Acadiana and filmed a Cajun Country episode. His travels brought him to Lafayette, Breaux Bridge and Eunice. On his trip to Eunice he was treated to a supper at Valcour HQ (otherwise know as Joel’s house.) Linzay Young of the Read more…

Valcour partners Joel Savoy and Lucius Fontenot both made cameo’s in this past weekend’s Carnival Time episode of HBO’s TREME. Also featured prominently were two accordion masters who will both be featured on a Valcour release this fall: Wilson Savoy and Steve Riley (Wayne Toups will join them for the release). The TREME folks had Read more…

Can the new generation of energetic, innovative Lafayette artists reshaping the traditional sounds of Cajun music cross over to the huge fan base of current successful string band acts like Mumford and Sons, Old Crow Medicine Show and the Avett Brothers? Geoffrey Himes of NPR Music thinks it is a distinct possibility.

The band is known for playing traditional Cajun and Creole music from Southwest Louisiana, inspired by bands dating from the 1920s such as Amédé Ardoin to modern bands such as the Mamou Playboys, Jason Frey, Paul Daigle and Cajun Gold all the way up to Wayne Toups. The Pine Leaf Boys are an “international Cajun Read more…

The new Cajun Country Revival CD advance copies are in! We have 100 copies available exclusively for ouend get em’ while you can! The real CDs will be in 12. Pre-order yours today! We have 100 copies available exclusively et em’ while you can! The real CDs will be in March 12. Pre-order yours today! Read more…