Accordion Noir radio playlist 2024-05-22: Return 2 Live Noir Take 2!

Today is Accordion Patent Approval Day, celebrating Cyrill Demian’s successfully getting the paperwork back with a stamp of approval in 1829 enshrining him as the inventor of the accordion! That’s after Patent Filing Day on May 6th, when the clock really started ticking. (And then there is Friedrich Buschmann’s 1822 claim, substantiated by more of a “vibe” than any hard evidence.) The Little Search Engine That Could (Until It Couldn’t, Not Coincidentally After Stopping Not Being Evil) even enshrined the occasion in an animated Google Doodle today! Consequently people have had accordion on the brain lately (and I’m not just talking weirdos such as Bruce and myself, who are permanently in that condition!) As you’ll see below, recently (on May 6 “International Accordion Day”, see above) Bruce was invited to appear on a guest panel for CBC Saskatchewan to discuss the instrument’s oddly stretched-out lifespan. (Just wait until the squeeze begins!) Some of the local Saskatchewan luminaries who sat with him (virtually) on that panel also turn up in this week’s playlist. Emerging from long struggles against an uncooperative computer upgrade, Bruce has recently tried his hand at resuming live broadcasts from our home studios at CFRO Co-Op Community Radio (a weekly routine for well over a decade, rudely interrupted by a global pandmic), to mixed results. But there’s nothing for it but to refill his bellows and try again!

If your Apple or Android (or plain old RSS) podcast subscriptions (strongly recommended!) haven’t alerted you to the episode’s availability yet, you can enjoy listening to it as digital audio courtesy of the Internet Archive. Here’s its playlist:

AccNoir–2024–05–22, Return 2 Live Noir Take 2!

* The Dardanelles – ‟The Many Voices of Accordion Noir, PRA 100.5 FM” – tune “Boyd’s Cove Singles” – The Dardanelles (2009) – Newfoundland, Canada – http://thedardanelles.com/ – https://thedards.bandcamp.com/releases

CBC Saskatchewan had Bruce on for International Accordion Day and they made a video! So share perhaps the double disappointment of seeing what radio people look like, along with me struggling to do live performance for the first few times in years.

* Artist – “Song” – Album (Date) – Where they’re from – Artist Links – Comments

* May Monday – ‟Opposite Angell Road” – Midnight (2007) – Isle of Wight, UK – www.KarenTweed.com
* Wendy McNeill – ‟Our Time” – For the Wolf, a Good Meal (Master 2) (2011) – Canada, Sweden – http://www.wendymcneill.com/ – https://thefestival.bc.ca/artists/wendy-mcneill/
* Molotov Jukebox – ‟SexFoot” – Carnival Flower (2014) – UK – Natalia Tena, acc. –  http://molotov-jukebox.co.uk
* Gaby Haas – ‟Rubber Dolly” – Bellows & Bows: Historic Recordings of Traditional Fiddle & Accordion Music from Across Canada (196?) – Saskatchewan, Canada – Research Centre for the Study of Music, Media and Place, Memorial University of Newfoundland, http://www.mun.ca/mmap/
* Joanna Chapman-Smith – ‟Melodies” – Contrairies (2008) – Vancouver, BC, Canada – http://www.joannacs.com/
* The Scarring Party – ‟Broken Branches” – End Times (2015) – Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA – Visit http://scarringparty.bandcamp.com
* Régis Gizavo/Louis Mhlanga/David Mirandon – ‟Fénélus” – Stories (2006) – Madagascar, Zimbabwe/South Africa, France – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Régis_Gizavohttp://www.rootsworld.com/freereed/gizavo.html
* Altan – ‟The Wheels Of The World” – Gleann Nimhe – The Poison Glen (2012) – Donegal, Ireland – http://altan.ie/
* The Whiskey Jerks – ‟I Wanna Go Home” – Neat. (2015) – Saskatoon, Canada – www.whiskeyjerks.com  Gillian Snider, acc.
* Clifton Chenier – ‟Ay-Te Te Fee” – Zodico Blues & Boogie [Remastered] (1955) – Bogalusa, Louisiana, USA – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specialty_Records
* Sharon Shannon – ‟Daddy Shannon’s Jig / Bealacana Polka” – The Reckoning (2020) – County Clare, Ireland – http://sharonshannon.com/
* Mary Gauthier – ‟Interlude 1” – The Foundling (2010) – Nashville, Tennessee, USA – http://www.marygauthier.com/    (Garth Hudson, acc)( Jaro Czerwinec, acc.)
* Motion Trio – ‟Wedding Tango” – Nyman & Motion Trio (2009) – Poland – http://www.motion-trio.art.pl/a2Home.html

Thanks for reading us here (and hopefully listening to us, there), but if you find you want more, you can always keep up with us on … well, we’re putting our Twitter on the back burner indefinitely in pursuit of sunnier pastures, such as Mastodon at @accordionnoir@zirk.us and @AccordionBruce@mastodon.social (we’re even trying out BlueSky to limited effect at accordionnoir.bsky.social) , Instagram (@AccordionNoirFest), and Facebook at Accordion Noir fans, the Accordion Noir Festival, and the Vancouver Squeezebox Circle.  Cheers & squeeze on!