Johnny Nicholas (Photo: Audrey Billups) Since 2006, Eunice, Louisiana-based Valcour Records has carved a respected niche as a boutique label presenting the exciting music of French Louisiana’s Acadiana region. With Friday’s (Aug. 28) digital release of Johnny Nicholas’s new album Mistaken Identity, Valcour has now expanded its catalog to include its first non-Louisiana-based artist. A Texas Hill Country-based blues and roots music singer-songwriter, Nicholas has spent a lot o

The Louvin Brothers' "If I Could Only Win Your Love" Indie music publishing/marketing company Mojo Music & Media has secured a stake in the legendary country music duo Louvin Brothers’ historic catalog, via acquisition of a co-publishing interest in Kathy Louvin’s Movin Louvin Music. The deal spans the group’s entire catalog, including such country classics as “When I Stop Dreaming,” “If I Could Only Win Your Love,” “Cash on the Barrel Head,” “I’ll Take the Chance” and “The K

In the time of COVID-19 and its devastating effect on the music and touring industries, Stereo Dinner looks to evolve the traditional artist “meet-and-greet” event into a “meet-greet-and-eat.” “I was at a booking agent/talent buyers meeting where this question was asked: Is the traditional artist meet-and-greet dead?” recalls Stereo Dinner founder/talent buyer Jon Weiss. “The short answer, unfortunately, seems to be yes. The traditional meet-and-greet as we know it is ‘off th

Ken Waldman performs his "Trump Sonnets" prior to his 2019 appearances at the PortFringe festival in Portland, Maine. The coronavirus pandemic has put a damper on Ken Waldman’s peripatetic performance tour schedule, but the Appalachian-style string-band music fiddler/entrepreneur, whose From Manhattan to Moose Pass roots music variety showcase at Midtown Manhattan cabaret Don’t Tell Mama is always a big hit at the Association of Performing Arts Professionals (APAP) annual tra