Balfa Family – A Retrospective: Festivals Acadiens et Creoles 1977-2010

Description

Release Year: 2012

Label: Valcour Records

Track List

1. Pine Grove Blues
2. J’ai Ete Au Bal
3. Viens Me Chercher
4. Lacassine Special
5. Choupique
6. French Blues
7. Fiddlesticks – J’ai Ete Au Bal/Lost Indian Reel
8. Quand J’etais Pauvre
9. Big Boy Waltz
10. Parlez-nous A Boire
11. J’ai Pleure
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

Notes

Valcour Records has teamed up with Festivals Acadians et Creoles and the Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Second release in the Rubber Bootleg Series and features festival performances by members of the Balfa Family that spans from 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.