Here are three Houma-Thibodaux based artists to keep an eye on in 2024

Here are three Terrebonne and Lafourche artists with projects dropping in 2024, and how to find them.

Cody Robinson

Robinson is a Houma-based hip hop artist known as "1200 Slim" who plans to release an album in January as well as polishing off a single that's out now.

The single is titled "Ms. Tequila," is about a love affair with the spirit. The track is out now and can be found on Apple Music. Robinson said he wants to add visuals and promos to the song on Jan. 1.

"It's about an infatuation with tequila, and speaking on it as if it was a woman," he explained. "In the video we are going to take it out of the norm of poppin' bottles and we are going to actually create a Ms. Tequila, like an actual person. The video will be pretty dope once it's out."

He described Ms. Tequila as having a smooth rap and R&B vibe.

After the promotion of that single, he said he will drop the album titled "Chosen Word." It will have 10 to 12 tracks with a mix of R&B and Hip Hop. Robinson is in the mixing phase, and he expects it to be ready for release in the first week of January.

The album is Robinson's attempt to distinguish hip hop with roots in the Bayou region from those of other Louisiana cities. He said talent in the Houma-Thibodaux area is abundant but gets overshadowed by other cities, like New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Shreveport.

"A lot of other cities - I'm not trying to take anything away from them - they not really bayou," he said. "You are not going to get bayou culture from someone from the city."

"Chosen Word" will include samplings of accordions, country, jazz and blues, he said.

"The sounds of Louisiana, the sounds of the bayou, is what I am trying to cultivate," he said. "Because nobody never put that in hip hop. We down here, and we can actually throw parties on the water, we got boat blessings, we got this and we got that, and we never exploit that. So for me as a hip hop artist, you know it's my obligation, my responsibility, to put the world on how we actually coming down here."

Robinson said he writes about half a mix tape each week to keep music stocked up, and he said he is aiming to release about 10 albums in 2025. His music can be found on Apple Music, iTunes, Youtube, and other music platforms.

Kristen Kortright

Kortright is a comic book artist, writer and animator based in Thibodaux. She and her brother, Enrique Kortright Jr., came up with the character The Black Shadow. The Black Shadow features Trevor Stirling, an inventor turned superhero who puts his own life in peril to save others.

Stirling uses his inventions such as a 3D printer, invisibility cape and a solar-powered car to combat crime and rescue people from disasters.

There are currently three issues in the series, and the fourth issue is titled "Black Shadow and the Protectors #3." She plans to release it on Kickstarter in February or March. The issue is listed as the third, but that is because the 75-page graphic novel is not counted in the series.

A separate graphic novel based in New Orleans also is in the works. Kortright said she didn't want to release details about it because she has never seen anyone do what the comic will do. It is currently 80 pages, but she is seeking an editor to slim it down to keep the pace engaging.

That comic should be on Kickstarter by late 2024, and Kortright plans to have it in readers' hands by March 2025. Asked if it had a title, she said it did, but it would give away the idea.

"Yes, but it would kind of give away the whole concept, which I don't want to do yet," she said. "I definitely want the book to be out by Mardi Gras 2025 because that plays a role in the story."

She will be promoting the release of the projects on her Instagram which is @KK_Animator.

Kortright said she would also be attending three conventions this year to meet with fans and promote her comics: Retro Con, Cypha Con, and Peli Con. Retro Con will be in Morgan City in March. Cypha Con will be in Lake Charles in April, and Peli Con will be in New Roads, also in April.

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Grace Sarre

Sarre is a 22-year-old electronic musician based in Houma who has released three albums since she began in 2014. On New Year's Eve, Sarre will drop her new album titled "Evaporate."

Sarre's music blends her vocals with beats from her soundboard to create what she describes as electronic/ambient music.

"Evaporate" is an emotional album for Sarre, she said, because its music deals with different chapters of the past five years of her life. The album will have an industrial sound and will have nine tracks, she said.

"Half of the stuff is kind of like just me singing and producing behind it, but I was trying to kind of experiment with this one by putting a little bit more midi, chopping and pasting, and making it a bit more glitchy," she said. "All the songs were written over the past few years… I was going through the death of my dad, and the ending of a five year relationship. Cuz' it was kind of like, not healthy relationships make you kind of want to write."

She said the emotions the album grapples with are heavy, but the sound is upbeat. Sarre will be performing New Year's Eve at the Intracoastal Club, 8448 E Main St, Houma, where she will be selling physical copies of "Evaporate." Sarre said this is the first time in her career that she will sell physical albums, and they will be $10.

"I've been told the lyrics are a bit depressing, like, if you actually listen to the words they are really depressing, but the music is supposed to make you want to dance," she said. "It's not supposed to bum you out."

Sarre's music can be found on Soundcloud, and Youtube.

This article originally appeared on The Courier: Houma-Thibodaux area artists with new projects to watch in 2024