Christine Balfa

Christine Balfa is a Cajun musician. She is the youngest daughter of Dewey Balfa.

Christine Balfa
Christine Balfa playing the guitar at the 2009 Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival.
Background information
Born (1968-06-28) June 28, 1968[1]
GenresCajun
Occupation(s)Musician
InstrumentsGuitar, vocals, triangle
LabelsValcour, Rounder, Swallow
Associated actsBonsoir Catin, Balfa Toujours

She founded the group Balfa Toujours in 1992; Dirk Powell was a member, and also her husband. Circa 2006, Balfa, with Kristi Guillory, Yvette Landry, and Anya Burgess founded Bonsoir Catin. By 2017, Landry was no longer in Bonsoir Catin, and Maegan Berard, Ashley Hayes, and Daniel Devillier had joined.[1][2][3][2][4]

Discography

[3][5][6][7][8]

With Balfa Toujours
  • Pop tu me parles toujours (1993, Swallow Records 6110)
  • À vieille Terre Haute (1994, Swallow Records 3121)
  • New Cajun Tradition (1995, Ace Records (United Kingdom) CDCHD 613)
  • Deux Voyages (1996, Rounder Records CD 6071)
  • Allons danser – Bois Sec Ardoin with Balfa Toujours (1998, Rounder Records CD 6081)
  • La Pointe (1998, Rounder Records CD 6086)
  • Live at Whiskey River Landing (2000, Rounder Records CD 6096)

Compilations (partial list)
  • Alligator Stomp, Vol. 5: Cajun & Zydeco - The Next Generation (1995, Rhino Records R2 71846)
  • Bayou Hot Sauce (1997, EasyDisc (Rounder Records) ED CD 7044)
  • Cajun Music: The Essential Collection (2002, Rounder Records 1166-11604-2)
  • Best of Festivals Acadiens et Créoles 2002 (2011, Festivals Acadiens et Créoles/Valcour Records 0017)

With Bonsoir Catin
  • Blues à Catin (2006, Bridgetown Records 687066539929/CD Baby)
  • Vive L'Amour (2009, Valcour Records CD 0007)[3]
  • Light the Stars (2014, Valcour Records CD 0023)[3]
  • L'Aurore (2017, Valcour Records CD 0037)[3]

Compilations (partial list)
  • The Rough Guide To Cajun & Zydeco (2011, World Music Network/Music Rough Guides RGNET1265CD)
  • En Français - Cajun 'N' Creole Rock 'N' Roll (2011, Bayou Teche Brewing)
  • Best of Festivals Acadiens et Créoles 2002 (2011, Valcour Records)[3]
  • The Best of Valcour Records: Volume I, 2006-2011 (2012, Bayou Teche Brewing/Valcour Records CD 0018)[3]
  • The Balfa Family: A Retrospective - Festivals Acadiens et Créoles 1977-2010 (2012, Valcour Records)[3]

Bibliography
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gollark: My tape shuffler thing from a while ago got changed round a bit. Apparently there's some demand for it, so I've improved the metadata format and written some documentation for it, and made the encoder work better by using file metadata instead of filenames and running tasks in parallel so it's much faster. The slightly updated code and docs are here: https://pastebin.com/SPyr8jrh. There are also people working on alternative playback/encoding software for the format for some reason.

See also
  • List of Cajun musicians

References
  1. "Louisiana Folk Roots". Archived from the original on January 6, 2009. Retrieved October 22, 2009.
  2. Jeffries, David. "Dirk Powell Biography". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved November 25, 2018.
  3. "CDS". Valcour Records. Retrieved November 25, 2018.
  4. "Dirk Powell Biography". Dirk Powell. Retrieved November 20, 2019.
  5. "Christine Balfa". Discogs. Retrieved November 25, 2018.
  6. Harris, Craig. "Balfa Toujours biography". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved November 26, 2018.
  7. "Bonsoir Catin". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved November 26, 2018.
  8. "Bayou Teche Brewing Company". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved November 26, 2018.
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