In the days when Covid-19 was raging, Louis Michot often woke up before dawn and walked the land surrounding his home in Prairie Des Femmes, outside Arnaudville, just north of Lafayette. That’s when the songs came calling.

“It felt like Groundhog Day where every day you’re waking up to the same reality and there’s no change,” he says. “So, I spent a long time in this repetitive cycle—no work, no gigs, no tour. But as much of it was challenging for a working musician, it also gave me time t...