Valcour Records
{{Infobox record label
| name = Valcour Records
| founded = {{start date|2006}}
| founder = Joel Savoy
Phillip LaFargue II
Lucius Fontenot
| distributor = Select-O-Hits
| genre = Indie, folk, Americana, Cajun, zydeco
| country = U.S.
| location = Eunice, Louisiana
| website = {{URL|valcourrecords.com}}
}}
Valcour Records is an independent record label based in Eunice, Louisiana. Valcour was founded in 2006 by Joel Savoy (son of Marc and Ann Savoy), with friends Phillip LaFargue II and Lucius Fontenot.{{cite web |url=http://www.bluesinlondon.com/features/valcour_records.html|title=Valcour Records|first=Charlie |last=Munn |publisher=Blues in London |access-date=2011-03-15}} Valcour Records' first release in 2006 was Goin' Down to Louisiana by fiddle player Cedric Watson and accordionist Corey Ledet.{{cite web|url=http://www.valcourrecords.com/2006/04/20/goin-down-to-louisiana-2/|title=Goin Down to Louisiana|access-date=2011-03-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110302230431/http://www.valcourrecords.com/2006/04/20/goin-down-to-louisiana-2/|archive-date=2011-03-02|url-status=dead}}
Valcour has since released albums with Louisiana bands such as the Figs, Bonsoir Catin, GIVERS, and Feufollet. Through the Cajun and Creole drinking songs compilation Allons Boire un Coup{{cite news|url=http://www.theind.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=146&Itemid=73|newspaper=The Independent Weekly|first=Nick|last=Pittman|date=2006-11-21|title=A Drink and a Song|access-date=2011-03-15}} (2007), the label has also featured the Pine Leaf Boys, Ann Savoy, Steve Riley and Racines, The Red Stick Ramblers, the Lost Bayou Ramblers, and Balfa heir Courtney Granger.
In 2007, Valcour partnered with independent distributor Select-O-Hits for nationwide distribution.{{cite web|url=http://www.selectohits.com/|title=Select-O-Hits - National Independent Distribution}}
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.valcourrecords.com/ Official site]
- [https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97089876&ft=1&f=1039 The Cajun Swamp Fire Of Feufollet: NPR Music]
- [http://offbeat.com/artman/publish/article_2879.shtml offBeat Magazine Best of the Beat Awards (New Orleans)]
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Category:American independent record labels
Category:Indie rock record labels
Category:Record labels based in Louisiana
Category:2006 establishments in Louisiana
Category:Record labels established in 2006
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