Accordion Noir radio playlist 2024-06-26: Last Junesday in June

Yesterday was the birthday of the late, great zydeco hero Clifton Chenier, so it lent itself to the occasion of an hour of accordion music, such as we air every Wednesday night on CFRO Co-Op Radio! Chenier only provides zydeco bookends to a set that wanders all over the place, musically, but it definitely informed the music curation. 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 radio courtesy of the Internet Archive. Here’s its playlist:

AccNoir–2024–06-26, Last Jundsday in June

Clifton Chenier, King of Zydeco (June 25, 1925 – Dec. 12, 1987)

Nathan Abshire, Cajun musician, “When I die, I wish they would break all my records and not play them anymore.” (June 27, 1913 – May 13, 1981)

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

* ‟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

* Clifton Chenier – ‟Me And My Chauffeur” – King Of The Bayous (1969) – Bogalusa, Louisiana, USA – https://folkways.si.edu/arhoolie
* Nathan Abshire – ‟Sur Le Courtableau” – Pine Grove Blues (1968) – Gueydan, Louisiana  – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Abshire
* Joseph Guilmette, accordéon – ‟Quadrille des marchands = Merc” – Digital Gramophone, Library and Archives Canada (1930) – Montréal, Québec, Canada – © www.nlc-bnc.ca
* Conjunto Bernal – ‟Connie” – 15 Tex-Mex Conjunto Classics  (1996) (0) – South Texas, USA – https://frontera.library.ucla.edu/artists/conjunto-bernal
* Madeleine Roger – ‟Automobile” – Cottonwood (2018) – Winnepeg, MB, Canada – www.MadeleineRoger.com  Rebecca Harder, acc.
* Art Wengel [sic. Wenzel] and his Ragtime Cowboys (vocal by Colleen Summers) – ‟Just Lonesome For You” – King Records 101B (194?) – Milwaukee, Wisconsin / Pasadena-Hollywood, California, USA   (78 RPM disk provided by the wonderful Dagmar Anita Binge) – Wenzel was also in the WLS Barn Dance band, Otto and the Novelodeons –  http://www.hillbilly-music.com/artists/story/index.php?id=12099
* “Weird Al” Yankovic – ‟My Balonga” / ‟Whole Lotta  Lunch” /  ‟Eat It” – Burbank, Ca @ Starlight Bowl, 1984-06-09   (1984) – Los Angeles, California, USA – https://www.weirdal.com/ – Downloaded in June 2024 from: https://ijwthstd.blogspot.com/2022/06/weird-al-yankovic-starlight-bowl.html?m=1
* Ta Lam Acht – ‟Mbil K.” – Moritat (1994) – Germany – w/ Hans Hassler, accordion;  http://www.gebhard-ullmann.com
* Lemon Bucket Orchestra – ‟Orko Suite” – Moorka (2015) – Toronto, Ontario, Canada – http://www.lemonbucket.com/https://lemonbucketorkestra.bandcamp.com Tangi Ropars, acc.
* Joseph Petric – ‟Sonata in E Minor, Accordion, Hob.XVI34 I. Presto” – Heretic Threads (2023) – Toronto, Ontario, Canada – https://astrila-records.bandcamp.comhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Petric
* Guy Klucevsek – ‟The Well-Tampered Accordion: No. 3: Rocking The Boat” – The Well-Tampered Accordion (2004) – Staton Island, NY, USA – www.guyklucevsek.com/
* Roger Jean Louis and family – ‟Izao no zavatra nikasaina” – Madagascar: Spirit Music from the Tamatave Region (2001) – Madagascar, Africa – http://www.folkways.si.edu/index.html
* Anja McCloskey – ‟Zoom Permanent” – Quincy Who Waits (2014) – UK – www.AnjaMcClosky.com
* Art Van Damme – ‟The Things We Did Last Summer” – Blue World (1970) – USA, Recorded in Germany – http://www.artvandamme.com/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPS_Records
* Clifton Chenier – ‟Tous Les Jours Mon Coeur Est Blue (ends suddenly)” – Frenchin’ The Boogie (1976) – Bogalusa, Louisiana, USA – https://www.allmusic.com/album/frenchin-the-boogie-mw0000108976

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