The gap in our archives for the period circa a decade ago persists for a while, which deprives us of an opportunity to share you old episodes of Accordion Noir radio, but which (glass half full!) gives us an opportunity to share with you instead the extinguished episodes of Mike Danner’s “Accordion Crimes” podcast from the 2000s, available nowhere else. The show’s format is that the host, Mike Danner, would jam on his accordion in accompaniment to distinguished then-local songwriters he would interview. In this installment of his program, he interviewed a key member of Portland, Oregon’s “Freak Mountain Ramblers”, the late Jimmy Boyer, who died back in 2016. The ensemble hasn’t quite ground to a halt yet, logging gigs as recent as last year on their Facebook group, but definitely its trajectory is now pointed in a different direction than it was when this interview was recorded back in 2005.
Accordion Crimes Radio is a web-based music show hosted by the singing and accordion-playing Mike Danner. With each episode Mike sits down with a different guest; they record a batch of songs, have a chat, and invite you to listen in on the fun.
https://archive.org/details/ac04_jimboyershow
4 – Jim Boyer – freak mountain ramblers
Jim Boyer is a singer and songwriter of gritty emotional depth and one of the founders of the Portland Ore – based Freak Mountain Ramblers. Here Jimmy and Mike sit down with just guitar, accordion and voices for episode #4 of Accordion Crimes Radio.
As with last week’s episode, this week’s new episode of CFRO Co-Op Community Radio’s Accordion Noir radio broadcast again focused on the theme of women in the accordion world. Many genres, locations and eras are represented, but again, all of the song selections nonetheless have a couple of things in common. 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–2023-03-15, More Women’s Month of Music
Good set of music tonight! (Bruce)
* Girls Rock Camp Vancouver – http://girlsrockcampvancouver.ca
* ‟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
* Zydepunks – ‟Andropov/Polka Félix” – Exile Waltz (2006) – New Orleans, Louisiana, USA – Eve Venema, acc – https://zydepunks.bandcamp.comhttps://zydepunks.bandcamp.com/
* Random Order – ‟Less Is More” – Not A Perfect World (1995) – Toronto, Ontario, Canada – https://randomorder.bandcamp.comhttps://cashboxcanada.ca/taxonomy/term/265
* angel corpus christi – ‟She Said” – Live in Manchester (1994) – New York / California, USA – http://angelcorpuschristi.bandcamp.com
* Julieta Venegas – ‟Otra Cosa” – Otra Cosa (2010) – Mexico City – http://www.julietavenegas.net/
* Puseletso Seema & Tau ea Linare – ‟Tsetala Linare” – He O Oe Oe ! (1985) – Lesotho, Southern Africa – http://www.globalgroovers.blogspot.comhttp://soulsafari.wordpress.com/2009/12/17/puseletso-seema-tau-ea-linare-lesotho/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puseletso_Seema
* Eva Ybarra Y Su Conjunto – ‟Las Palmeras (Cumbia)” – Romance Inolvidable (1996) – San Antonio, Texas, USA – https://www.facebook.com/thequeenoftheaccordion/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_Ybarra
* Laura Jurd – ‟Little Opener ft. Frode Haltli” – The Big Friendly Album (2022) – London, England, UK / Norway – https://laurajurd.bandcamp.comhttp://www.laurajurd.com/http://frodehaltli.com Frode Haltli, acc.
* Isabelle Boulay – ‟Les Grands Espaces” – Les Grands Espaces (2011) – Quebec, Canada – www.isabelleboulay.com
* Eliza Carthy – ‟Mohair” – Rough Music (2005) – Yorkshire, England, UK – http://www.eliza-carthy.com/
* The Gay – ‟Dirty Whispers” – You Know The Rules (2003) – Vancouver, BC, Canada – https://mintrecs.com/artist/gay Maija Martin, acc.
* Firelight Trio – ‟Prinsens Polska” – Firelight Trio (2023) – Scotland, UK – https://firelighttrio.bandcamp.comhttps://www.firelighttrio.co.uk
Ruth Morris, nyckelharpa; Gavin Marwick, fiddle; Phil Alexander, acc / piano
* Gloria Deluxe – ‟My Head And Feet Are Swollen” – Gloria Deluxe (1999) – Brooklyn, New York, USA – Cynthia Hopkins, acc. www.cynthiahopkins.com
* Kat Danser – ‟Baptized by the Mud” – Baptized by the Mud (2013) – Edmonton, Alberta Canada – www.KatDanser.com Darryl Havers, acc.
* Sara Salvérius – ‟Eenzame Raaf” – Trapped in Sight (2018) – Ghent, Belgium – https://sarasalverius.bandcamp.comhttp://www.salverius.be/
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, Instagram (@AccordionNoirFest), and Facebook at Accordion Noir fans, the Accordion Noir Festival, and the Vancouver Squeezebox Circle. Cheers & squeeze on!
Accordion Crimes episode #3 – Don Ralph – life in a blender
It’s been a while since this last happened, but we’ve hit another gap in our historical archives. We continued airing weekly episodes of Accordion Noir on CFRO Co-Op Community Radio in March of 2013… presumably… but for whatever reason (usually: we thought we had it backed up, but we were wrong) we have no records of those episodes airing — no recordings, and not even any playlists.
But fortunately for you we have a plan B. In its place, we offer up our third mirrored episode of the discontinued and since-disappeared Accordion Crimes Radio podcast, hosted by Mike Danner of Portland. He got there before we did, took the name we might otherwise have laid claim to, and was sharing his stuff on MySpace before we made it to that particular party. Then he lost it all, but before he did — we had made copies! The episode we’re sharing today dates approximately to 2005, a year before our own first episode, and like all of them it features our host, in his typical way, accompanying on his accordion other meritorious songwriters he crosses paths with. This time around the songwriter in question is Life In A Blender‘s Don Ralph (now styled Don Rauf, if you like) from New York, who has also done good work with Susan Hwang (an NYC-area Accordion Babe who should be on your radar) and another Brooklyn accordionist John Linnell, who has also enjoyed some success with his accordion in a little band called They Might Be Giants — perhaps you have heard of it? This time around, however, all of the squeezing is the handiwork of your host Mike Danner.
Accordion Crimes Radio [was[ a web-based music show hosted by the singing and accordion-playing Mike Danner. With each episode Mike sits down with a different guest; they record a batch of songs, have a chat, and invite you to listen in on the fun.
https://archive.org/details/ac03_donralphshow
3 – Don Ralph – life in a blender
Don Ralph’s delightfully dark creations are full of humor and heart. As frontman for New York’s beloved Life In A Blender, Don and his crack team of musicians and scientists have crafted some truly masterful Pop gems not to be missed. Here, its just Don and accordionist Mike Danner, as they play an assortment of Don’s songs for an episode of Accordion Crimes Radio.
Another year, another International Women’s Day. Many years we extend our observance of it to a whole darned month, because one day isn’t anywhere near enough. (A month isn’t anywhere near enough! Six months? OK, now we’re getting somewhere.) So this week’s episode of our weekly hour-long Accordion Noir radio broadcast out of CFRO Co-Op Community Radio has a theme in its programming selections, that being that all of the songs are created and/or performed and recorded by women. So instead of our standard set where the songs only have one thing in common, on this occasion they have two. 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–2023-03-08, International Women’s Night to Give a Damn
Theme: International Women’s Day
* Girls Rock Camp Vancouver – http://girlsrockcampvancouver.ca
* ‟The Many Voices of Accordion Noir, PRA 100.5 FM” – tune “Boyd’s Cove Singles” – The Dardanelles (2009) – Newfoundland, Canada – http://thedardanelles.com/
* Balún – ‟Senecio (Revisited)” – While Sleeping (2004) – Puerto Rico / New York City, USA – Almost 20 years ago their Myspace bio said: “Balún are three kids from the Caribbean island of Puerto Rico. They are named Angélica, José and Andrés. They like to make dreamy electro-acoustic melodies for imaginary films.” They’ve done a lot since then. – www.balunonline.com https://balun.bandcamp.com
* Katheryn Petersen – ‟Accordion Noir Theme Song” – (Exclusive Production for Accordion Noir!) (2016) – Vancouver, BC, Canada – “All parts were played by me on accordion, toy piano and squeeky chair and all the effects were done live with my pedals and not by robots or in post.” https://katherynpetersen.com
* Amy Thatcher and Francesca Knowles – ‟Start Giving A Fuck” – Emergency Of The Female Kind (2023) – Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK – https://amythatcheraccordion.bandcamp.com/
https://amythatcherfranknowles.bandcamp.com
http://amythatcher.co.uk/
[Note: Amy and Mel Biggs and Mairearad Green below all contributed to the grand Folk Tunes From the Women book that gave us our cover image above. Many more familiar names are in there as well. Very highly recommended when it comes out!]
* Kate & Anna McGarrigle – ‟Parlez-Nous À Boire” – Odditties (2010) – Quebec, Canada – www.McGarrigles.com
* Susan Hwang – ‟Museum Correspondence” – Accordion Babes 2023 Pin-up Calendar CD (2023) – New York City, USA – www.AccordionPinupCalendar.com
www.SusanHwangLalala.com
* The Honey Tongues – ‟Come Water” – The Honey Tongues (2018) – Vancouver, BC, Canada – Marley Daemon Iredale, acc. http://honeytongues.cahttps://honeytongues.bandcamp.com https://marleydaemon.ca/
* Anne Niepold Andy Cutting – ‟Playtime” – Duo Niepold Cutting (2023) – Belgium / UK – www.AnnieNiepold.bewww.andy-cutting.co.uk
* Mel Biggs – ‟Katy’s Theme” – From Darkness Comes Light (2021) – England, UK – http://www.melbiggsmusic.co.uk/
https://melbiggsmusic.bandcamp.com
Interview with Mel: https://darrensmusicblog.com/2021/09/14/this-weeks-featured-artist-folk-musician-mel-biggs-new-album-from-darkness-comes-light/
* Duo Milla Viljamaa & Johanna Juhola – ‟Taxi Dancer” – Tango Diary (2013) – Finland – http://www.johannajuhola.net/
* Mairearad Green – ‟Red Throated Diver” – Summer Isles (2016) – Ullapool, Scotland – http://www.mairearadgreen.co.uk/
https://mairearadgreen.bandcamp.com
* Black Prairie – ‟Do You Believe?” – The Storm In The Barn (2012) – Portland, Oregon – Jenny Conlee, acc. www.blackprairie.com https://decemberistsshop.com Jenny Conlee’s new album Tides due March 24! https://jennyconlee.bandcamp.com/album/tides-pieces-for-accordion-and-piano
* Ratas En Zelo – ‟Despertar” – Despertar (2018) – New York City, NY, USA – http://ratasenzelo.bandcamp.com
* Danielle Martineau – ‟Novembre sur la Grave” – Les secrets du vent (2004) – Canada – http://www.qim.com/albums/description.asp?albumid=2679
* Eva Zöllner – ‟Full Moon in Aries” – (2021) – Germany – https://evazoellner.bandcamp.comhttp://www.eva-zoellner.de <http://www.eva-zoellner.de/>
Eva Zöllner is crowdfunding for a recording with contemporary Colombian accordion compositions. I have no idea if this will include influences of avant-garde classical, traditional, electronic dance, cumbia, or combinations? I’m very curious to hear what the six composers she’s working with emerge with. Please support so we can find out!
German accordionist Zöllner has been fascinated by Colombia´s unique contemporary music life for a long time. For her debut album “Voces, señales“ she recorded six new pieces by Colombian composers.The music is versatile, personal, surprising and touching and includes works for solo accordion as well as with electronics. Eva Zöllner has the chance to release the CD with GENUIN label in September 2023. Your support can help to make it happen!
https://www.startnext.com/en/cd-voces-senales#/
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, Instagram (@AccordionNoirFest), and Facebook at Accordion Noir fans, the Accordion Noir Festival, and the Vancouver Squeezebox Circle. Cheers & squeeze on!
Accordion Noir radio playlist 2013-03-13: International Women’s (including Accordion Babes) Day
When March comes around we’re often looking at the accordion calendar, trying to find holidays to frame episodes of our weekly hour-long broadcast — some years Mardi Gras falls in March, some February. St. Patrick’s Day is a bonafide March accordion holiday, and another one is International Women’s Day. Some years we do a one-episode special on the topic, and other years we celebrate it all month! This recording from our archives, first aired ten years ago, is one of the former. If there are women holding down solid work on the squeezebox, fronting ensembles or composing worthwhile songs, Bruce has most likely found a way to incorporate them into these Marchtime playlists. If you missed it the first time around, you can enjoy listening to this episode again as digital audio courtesy of the Internet Archive. Here’s its playlist:
AccNoir-2013-03-13, International Women (including Accordion Babes)
* Pauline Oliveros – Duo For Accordion & Bandoneon – The Wanderer (1984)
* Sapo – ackerstrasse – the last thing I do (2007) – Montréal, Québec, Canada – http://sapoooo.bandcamp.com
* Miss Murgatroid & Petra Haden – Ballad For Anne Bonney – Hearts and Daggers (2008) – Portland, Oregon / Los Angeles, California, USA – http://www.missmurgatroid.com/ http://www.myspace.com/missmurgatroidandpetrahaden
* Viola Turpeinen – Kaustisen polkka – Viola Turpeinen – American hanuriprinsessa vol. 2 – 1929-1945 (0) – Champion, Michigan, USA / Finland – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schlager
* The Barbary Ghosts – Mingulay Boat Song – Accordion Babes 2013 (2012) – http://www.accordionpinupcalendar.com
* Renee De La Prade – I Didn’t Know – Accordion Babes 2013 (2012) – http://www.accordionpinupcalendar.com
* Amber Lee And The Anomalies – Caught In Your Tune – Accordion Babes 2013 (2012) – http://www.accordionpinupcalendar.com
* Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys – Blue Grass Special (alt take) – The Essential Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys: 1945-1949 [Disc 1] (1945) – Recorded in Chicago – With Sally Ann Forrester, acc solo!
* Mother Maybelle and the Carter Sisters (Helen Carter, acc.) – Blue Skies & Sunshine – (1952) – Maces Spring VIRGINIA, USA Helen: 19/9/1927 – 2/6/1998 – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDDvVsfk-D8
* Norma MacDonald – Cordelia – Morning You Wake (2011) – New Waterford, Nova Scotia, Canada – http://www.normamacdonald.com
* Christa Couture – Further From The Point – The Wedding Singer And The Undertaker (2008) – Vancouver, BC, Canada – http://www.christacouture.com/ Tyson Naylor, acc.
* Charlotte Cornfield – Gananoque – Two Horses (2011) – Montréal, Québec, Canada – http://www.charlottecornfield.com
* Los Portenos del Norte – EL Choclo – Los Portenos del Norte (2011) – Vancouver, BC, Canada – http://www.myspace.com/losportenosdelnorte
* Maria Kalaniemi & Aldargaz – Ahma – Ahma (0) – Finland – 0000023A 0000023A 00000591
* Dazibao – L’affaire Du Pigeon – Alma (2005) – Belgium – http://www.sophiecavez.be http://www.myspace.com/dazibaofolk
* Deux Accords Diront – Gardadvergur – Gardadvergur (2006) – Belgium – http://www.anneniepold.be https://homerecordsbe.bandcamp.com/album/gardadvergur Anne Niepold & Aline Pohl
* The Once – Three Fishers – The Once (2009) – Newfoundland, Canada – http://theonce.ca
* Annabelle Chvostek – Seven Years – Resilience (2008) – Montréal, Québec, Canada – http://www.annabelle.org/ Julie Wolf, acc.
* Wendy McNeill – Giver – For the Wolf, a Good Meal (Master 2) (2011) – Canada, Sweden – http://www.wendymcneill.com/
* Tara Linda – Pennysmashing – Fool’s Journey (2005) – San Francisco Bay Area, California, USA – http://www.TaraLinda.com
* Renee de la Prade – instrumental – Accordion Noir Live Guests 2012 (2012)
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, Instagram (@AccordionNoirFest), and Facebook at Accordion Noir fans, the Accordion Noir Festival, and the Vancouver Squeezebox Circle. Cheers & squeeze on!
This 2017 album not only features a hare on its album art, but… it is available on Bandcamp! How often do things align so neatly like that?
It is that time again, friends: the first Friday of the month is Bandcamp Friday, when musicians can keep more of your online purchase dollar than they can sales through virtually any other digital storefront on any other day of the month. So if you’re going to buy music online one day a month, definitely consider doing it on Bandcamp Friday, because while it won’t cost you any less — proportionally more of the album cost will be going to the people who made the music! Anyway: we like to do this exercise on the Wednesday before Bandcamp Friday to encourage people to financially support their favorite accordion recording artists, or make some new favorite ones if they haven’t got any. So sit back and enjoy this week’s episode, entirely sourced from artists whose recordings are available on Bandcamp. 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:
* Vancouver Tenant’s Union – https://www.vancouvertenantsunion.ca
* ‟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
* Spiro – ‟Will You Go Walk The Woods So Wild” – Welcome Joy and Welcome Sorrow (2015) – Bristol, UK – http://www.spiromusic.com/ https://spiromusic.bandcamp.com Jason Sparks, piano acc.
* Zrada – ‟8 Years” – Legend(s) (2020) – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada – https://zradamusic.bandcamp.com
* Futuro Conjunto – ‟XXochitl: “La Madre de Las Estrellas”” – Futuro Conjunto (2020) – Edinburg, Texas, USA – https://futuroconjunto.bandcamp.com
Donations to support RAISES for immigrant rights: https://www.raicestexas.org/ways-to-give/donate/
* Evangeline Playboys – ‟China Ball Blues” – A Tribute to Austine Pitre (1999) – Opelousas, Louisiana, USA – https://evangelineplayboys.bandcamp.com/album/tribute-to-austin-pitre
* Leveret – ‟Princess Amelia’s Birthday / A Habit of Hills” – Forms (2023) – Stroud, UK – https://leveretband.bandcamp.com/ http://www.leveretband.com/
Andy Cutting (melodeon), Sam Sweeney (fiddle) and Rob Harbron (concertina)
* Lady Maisery – ‟The Gardener [Live]” – Live (2019) – Sheffield , UK – https://ladymaisery.bandcamp.com
http://ladymaisery.com/
* Jenny Conlee – ‟Hawk” – Tides (single) (2022) – Portland, Oregon, USA – https://jennyconlee.bandcamp.com http://decemberists.com
* Pietro Porcu – ‟Passo Sardo” – DANZA SARDA: Sardinian Folk Music from the 45 rpm Era (2023) – Sardinia, Italy – http://shellachead.com/ https://shellachead.bandcamp.com
* Jordi Rosen – ‟Glue” – Madame Xavier (2001) – Montréal, Québec, Canada – www.jordirosen.com
https://jordirosen.bandcamp.com
* The Cabarats – ‟Don’t Know Why” – A Fool’s Paradise (2023) – UK – https://thecabarats.bandcamp.com/album/a-fools-paradise
* Frontera Bugalú – ‟Chavos” – Alma de Jaguar (2016) – El Paso, Texas – https://fronterabugalu.bandcamp.com Kiko Rodriguez, acc
* Lankum – ‟Go Dig My Grave” – False Lankum (2023) – Dublin, Ireland – http://lankumdublin.com/ https://lankum.bandcamp.com
* Susi Evans & Szilvia Csaranko – ‟Vintervalsen” – Shades of Folk (2020) – UK, Germany – https://www.shades-of-folk.com
https://shades-of-folk.bandcamp.com Susi Evans, clarinet; Szilvia Csaranko, acc
Lankum – Go Dig My Grave
Album False Lankum available March 24, Preorder today
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, Instagram (@AccordionNoirFest), and Facebook at Accordion Noir fans, the Accordion Noir Festival, and the Vancouver Squeezebox Circle. Cheers & squeeze on!
Accordion Noir radio playlist 2013-02-27: Celtic du Bois
It’s unclear what happened to episode 324 of our weekly all-accordion broadcast. Were we pre-empted or did we simply lose the recording for it? In our official accounting from ten years back, the episode the subject of today’s post is assigned number 325, suggesting that the latter may be the case. (The data rot must be extraordinarily heinous for us to not even have a list of the songs included in the episode! But a lot of things can happen to data over a ten year period.) All that aside, you can see that this archival episode of our program has a light focus on the year 2013’s offerings of squeezy performers from la Francophonie at Maillardville’s annual Festival du Bois. (The festival is still on this year, coming up next month from Mar 24-26, surely with some worthwhile accordion content!) What is the Celtic content telegraphed by the episode’s title? I think that was just Bruce messing with ya. Sorry, it’s just something he does! Regardless, I can see that it’s a great slate of songs and you don’t have to take my word for it — you can enjoy listening to the episode as digital audio courtesy of the Internet Archive. Or if you have excellent recall, perhaps simply reading the names of the included songs may trigger audio memories, so please find the playlist below:
AccNoir-2013-02-27, Celtic du Bois
* Pee Wee King – Vocal : This Is Pee Wee King (stinger) – Pee Wee King’s Country Hoedown (1952) – Milwaukee, Wisconsin / Nashville, Tennessee, USA – http://www.bloodshotrecords.com/album/pee-wee-king-country-hoedown
* Pee Wee King (Frank Julius Anthony Kuczynski) – Oh Mis’rable Love – Blue Suede Shoes: Gonna Shake This Shack Tonight (1953) – Milwaukee, Wisconsin / Nashville, Tennessee, USA – http://www.bear-family.de
* Chestor Leighton & His Sophomores (w Smith Ballew) – Cheerful Little Earful – YouTube Clarion 5125-C (HD) (1930) – New York City, New York State, USA – Fred Rich, p, dir: Mannie Klein, Tommy Gott, t / Tommy Dorsey, tb / Jimmy Dorsey, cl, as / ? Tony Parenti or Louis Martin, cl, as / ? Hymie Wolfson, cl, ts / Joe Venuti, vn / Frank Signorelli, p / Cornell Smelser, pac / Eddie Lang, g / ? Joe Tarto, sb / G
* Le Ball ˆ l’Huile – Le p’tit bayou – Festival du Bois, 2013 – Quebec, Canada – http://www.festivaldubois.ca/2007/english/artists.php
* Matuto – Retrato De Um Forr— – Matuto (2010) – Brazil/Appalachia – http://www.robcurto.com http://www.clayross.com
* Laura Peek – Artifacts – Key (2010) – Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada – http://www.peekpeekpeek.com
* Po’ Girl – Follow Your Bliss – Follow Your Bliss (2010) – Canada –
* Angelo Debarre et Ludovic Beier – What Is This Thing Called Love – Come into my swing ! (2003) – Paris, France – http://www.myspace.com/ludovicbeier Alice Hall killed when she did this song.
* Jenny Conlee – Jenny Conlee, 100.5 stinger – (2012) – Portland, Oregon – http://www.decemberists.com/
* The Decemberists – Shiny – 5 Songs (2001) – Portland, Oregon, USA – http://www.decemberists.com/
* Dan Newton (and the various artists?) – Joseph, Joseph – Dan Newton Sampler, from Ed Dziedze – Minneapolis, Minnisota, USA – http://www.daddysqueeze.com/index.html
* Fiamma Fumana – The Blackbird – Home (2003) – Italy – http://www.fiamma.org/onda.cfm
* La Famille Leger – Reel ˆ Gastongua – La Famille Leger: Music from Quebec and Acadie (2008) – New Brunswick, Canada; Shoreline, Washington, USA – http://www.myspace.com/familleleger
* Matuto – Forro Pacifico – Matuto (2010) – Brazil/Appalachia – http://www.robcurto.com http://www.clayross.com
* Le Ball ˆ l’Huile – Les remdes pour ma tante – Festival du Bois, 2013 – Quebec, Canada – http://www.festivaldubois.ca/2007/english/artists.php
* Dardanelles – River of Ponds/Annie Annie – The Eastern Light (2011) – Newfoundland, Canada – http://www.TheDarddanelles.com Aaron Collis, acc.
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, Instagram (@AccordionNoirFest), and Facebook at Accordion Noir fans, the Accordion Noir Festival, and the Vancouver Squeezebox Circle. Cheers & squeeze on!
Accordion Noir radio playlist 2023-02-22: Accordion Noir’s Canadian Dating Service
Here’s another new episode of CFRO Co-op Community Radio’s weekly hour-long Accordion Noir broadcast, digitized for your listening convenience! Surveying its playlist, I can’t assert with great authority that it offers any particular theme beyond our standard mix of different flavours of squeezebox music from all over the world, but shouldn’t that be enough?
[Bruce: It’s All Canadian artists Rowan! You should have got this one. Isn’t it the Canadian superpower to recognize other Canadians in the media?]
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–2023-02-22, Accordion Noir’s Canadian Dating Service
* ‟girls rock camp Radio show PROMO” – Co-op Radio PRA – http://girlsrockcampvancouver.ca
* ‟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
* Ruth Minnikin and Her Bandwagon – ‟Theme Song I” – Depend on This (2010) – Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada – www.ruthminnikin.ca
* Captain Tractor – ‟Pineapple Bomb” – Hoserista (2000) – Edmonton, Alberta Canada – http://www.captaintractor.com/
* Sam’s Rot N’ Pot N’ Pan Band – ‟The Treasure Map” – Sam’s Rot N’ Pot N’ Pan Band (2005) – Canada
* Salt – ‟Not So Bad” – Salt (2005) – Canada – www.saltmakesmusic.com Members of Po’ Girl
* Cub – ‟Magic 8 Ball” – Box Of Hair (1996) – Vancouver, BC, Canada – http://www.cygnals.com/cub/
https://cubtheband.bandcamp.com/album/box-of-hair Dr. Rob Kozac, acc.
* Carolyn Mark and the New Best Friends – ‟The Overture” – The Pros And Cons Of Collaboration (2004) – Canada – http://www.carolynmark.com/
* Sagapool – ‟Douk Tarsou” – Épisode Trois (2008) – Quebec, Canada – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagapool
* The Cape May – ‟Old & Early Numbers” – Glass Mountain Roads (2006) – Calgary, Canada
* Carbon Dating Service – ‟If You Have To” – Polyentendrii (2007) – Saskatoon, Canada – Old website? http://www.teargasrecordingtree.com/artists/carbondatingservice/
* Canailles – ‟Dimanche” – Manger du bois (2012) – Montréal, Québec, Canada – http://canailles.bandcamp.com/
* Catl. – ‟Awake All Night (Song for Witness)” – This Shakin’ House (2014) – Toronto, Ontario, Canada – www.catltheband.com
* True Jive Pluckers – ‟Payadora” – Three Days in February (2008) – Victoria, British Columbia, Canada – Jonathan Goldman, bandoñeon. http://people.finearts.uvic.ca/~goldmanj/
* The Abramson Singers – ‟Drowning Man” – Late Riser (2013) – Vancouver, BC, Canada – www.leahabramson.com
* Always Often – ‟Temptation” – Spazz (2010) – Edmonton, Alberta Canada – http://www.myspace.com/alwaysoften
* Same Latitude As Rome – ‟The Assassination of Thomas D’Arcy McGee” – Early Days (2015) – Fergus, Ontario, Canada – www.SameLatitudeAsRome.com Gary Kreller, acc?
* The Plodes – ‟Penis” – A Foot Was As Long As… A Foot! (2013) – Vancouver, BC, Canada – Visit http://theplodes.bandcamp.com Alexa Fraser, acc.
Just in time for the 2023 #MooseEmoji!🫎
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, Instagram (@AccordionNoirFest), and Facebook at Accordion Noir fans, the Accordion Noir Festival, and the Vancouver Squeezebox Circle. Cheers & squeeze on!
Accordion Noir radio playlist 2013-02-13: Mardi Gras-less
Does one have to decide? Can one episode (number 323, from ten years ago) of a weekly accordion broadcast cover both Valentine’s Day and Mardi Gras? Well, as we have demonstrated, anything is possible — and seemingly the more improbable something is, the likelier it is for us to undertake! In any case, here’s a lively mix of love songs, cajun and creole squeezebox tunes and plenty of great accordion music besides! If you missed it the first time around, you can enjoy listening to this recording again as digital audio courtesy of the Internet Archive. Here’s its playlist:
AccNoir-2013-02-13, Mardi Gra-less
* Gary Comeau – Home Of The Mardi Gras – Letters From Eve (2001) – Vancouver, BC, Canada – http://www.garycomeau.net
* Maria in the Shower – Jesus is my Valentine – The Hidden Sayings of Maria in the Shower (2011) – Vancouver, BC, Canada – Visit http://mariaintheshower.bandcamp.com
* Pedro Ayala – Patricia – Accordion Conjunto Champs (2004) – Texas, usa
* Conjunto Bernal – Connie – Mi Unico Camino – Texas, usa – http://www.arhoolie.com/
* Steve Jordan (Esteban Jordan) – Summertime – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRnM9TilU9Y
* Leon Sash Trio – Our Love Is Here To Stay – I Remember Newport [Delmark DD-416] (1967) – Chicago, Illinois, USA –
* Damien Barber – Lovely Nancy – English International – http://englishconcertina.org/
* Bill Mankiss – Sway With Me – Bill Mankiss CFGM Rhythmaires – Canada – LIVE Radio Broadcast from the 60’s
* Steve Pellegrino – Carhartt Baby, You Broke My Heart (swearing) – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PczLYetz3Tk (2010) – Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, USA – Performance artist and drywall expert, Steve Pellegrino, laments and sings the blues about the possible demise of his favorite workpants. A plasterer workman’s song with an accordion solo.
* Buddy Duhon & Harry Choates & his fiddle – Old Cow Blues – from Kevin Coffey’s collection (1948) – Houston, Texas, USA – (Milton “Pee Wee” Calhoun, acc. From Louisiana, played piano accordion in Cajun bands.)
* Al Clauser & His Oklahoma Outlaws – Broken Fingers – from Kevin Coffey’s collection (1939) – Topeka, Kansas, USA – (Lambert Bartak, acc. 1919- )
* Matthew Robinson – Crowded Hours – Something That We Did (2012) – Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada – http://www.musicmatthewrobinson.com Adrian Dolan, acc
* The Dardanelles – Dardanelles Stinger – Vancouver Folk Festival 2011 Interviews (2011) – Newfoundland, Canada – http://thedardanelles.com/
* The Dardanelles – River of Ponds/Annie Annie – The Eastern Light (2011) – Newfoundland, Canada – http://www.TheDarddanelles.com Aaron Collis, acc.
* Waila, Tohono O’odham Tribe [Pima] – Concerned Waila – Southern Scratch – Tohono O’odham people, Sonoran desert, southeastern Arizona – http://store.canyonrecords.com/
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, Instagram (@AccordionNoirFest), and Facebook at Accordion Noir fans, the Accordion Noir Festival, and the Vancouver Squeezebox Circle. Cheers & squeeze on!
Accordion Noir radio playlist 2023-02-15: Rail Solidarity
Trains are once again the theme of last night’s episode of CFRO’s (about which, see below) weekly hour-long Accordion Noir radio program, for very different reasons from the week before. 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:
This episode features content related to the railroad disasters in Pennsylvania, and others, as revealed in this article:
How Freight Rail Is Courting Catastrophe
Workers are sounding the alarm that drastic cuts in employees and maintenance in order to increase profits are tempting fate.
by Aaron Gordon, @a_w_gordon@mastodon.xyz
https://www.vice.com/en/article/3angy3/freight-rail-train-disaster-avoidable-boeing
Tonight’s Playlist:
* Vancouver Girls Rock Camp – http://girlsrockcampvancouver.ca
* ‟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
* Canailles – ‟Train” – Manger du bois (2012) – Montréal, Québec, Canada – http://canailles.bandcamp.com/
* Dm Lafortune – ‟Safe And Sound” – Beauty And Hard Times – Toronto, Ontario, Canada – http://www.mamadhorizondancer.ca
* Daniel Kahn & The Painted Bird – ‟Man Of Plenty” – The Broken Tongue/Dos Tsebrokhene Loshn (2006) – Detroit-New York, USA / Berlin, Germany – paintedbird.net
* Selo i Ludy – ‟Poison” – Bunch One (2019) – Ukraine – https://www.facebook.com/seloiludy/
Get merch to support Selo i Ludy: https://selo-i-ludy-store.creator-spring.com
* Ando & the Jolly Barrels – ‟Tick, Tock Avarice” – Who Cares? (2009) – Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA – www.myspace.com/andoandthejollybarrels
* Hearse – ‟Trainwreck” – Pot Calling Kettle (2014) – Victoria, BC, Canada – www.HearseMusic.ca
* Maria Dunn – ‟Shareholders’ Reel” – Piece By Piece (2012) – Alberta, Canada – http://www.mariadunn.com/
* Chango Spasiuk – ‟Poison” – The Charm Of Chamame (2002) – Argentina – http://www.changospasiuk.com
* Adham Shaikh – ‟Water Prayer (Featuring Jornick) (Rastaman Vibration, Rasta Dub Mix)” – Universal Frequencies (2010) – Nelson, British Columbia, Canada – www.sonicturtle.com
* Kroke – ‟Water” – The Sounds Of The Vanishing World (2000) – Poland – http://www.kroke.krakow.pl/html_en/main_en.html
* bonewagon – ‟train” – Toronto, Ontario, Canada – http://www.bonewagon.com/angeleyes.mp3 Kinda cool little accordion first minute and under the harmonica and stuff.
* Prima Donkey – ‟Crash By River” – Prima Donkey’s Rhythme Exotique (2006) – Belgium [I don’t know where this record is available right now. Anybody?]
An earlier railroad solidarity episode:
Accordion Noir 2022-09-14: Solidarity with Railroad Worker Accordionists
https://accordionuprising.wordpress.com/2022/09/14/accordion-noir-2022-09-14-solidarity-with-railroad-worker-accordionists/
Bonus action for Canadian Listeners to Accordion Noir and other Community Radio programs:
Write to your MP to help each community radio station receive $90.000 / year
[Alt Text: a portable Radio with headphones, text: Advocate on behalf of our station and for the Canadian community broadcasting sector as a whole.]
On this World Radio Day, we are writing to encourage you to advocate on behalf of our station and for the Canadian community radio broadcasting sector as a whole, if you haven’t done so already.
For a number of reasons, we believe we are in one of those unique moments where our requests may find some traction because there will be an election in the next few years. One of the top 3 issues for the current government is the fight against disinformation. Combine that with a political strategy that will involve investing in broadcasters serving underserved communities and we feel like we are in a particularly good position to seek and receive this support.
The federal government is currently working on the budget for April 1, 2023 to March 30, 2024. The Community Radio Fund of Canada alongside the three main community radio associations (The Association des radiodiffuseurs communautaires du Québec (“ARCQ”), l’Alliance des radios communautaires du Canada (“ARCC”), and the National Campus and Community Radio Association/Association nationale des radios étudiantes et communautaires (“NCRA/ANREC”)) are currently doing a lot of work, demonstrating the impacts of the community radio sector and how regular financial support of the sector will have enormous impacts. They have put together a specific pitch and have shared it with key players in the federal government. We are at a critical time in the outreach efforts where our station’s participation is incredibly important.
At this time, we are focusing on two areas of importance that will bring direct funding to campus & community radio stations across Canada:
1) The extension and expansion of the Local Journalism Initiative (we currently have 41 stations with paid journalists on the ground), as the 5-year program is about to enter its final year without a plan after 2024 to renew the program. We are looking for that program to expand to $20 million a year and make it permanent.
2) Establish a 25 million dollar annual Community Broadcasting Fund to be distributed among all stations. This fund would support all licensed broadcasters, with core and stable funding of around $90,000.
Our goal is to now have as many community radio station volunteers, members, and listeners as possible contact their local Member of Parliament (MP) so that they are aware of the sector and this pitch for support so that we have a better chance of having this included in the next federal budget.
Below is a templated letter which we ask that you copy, customizes and sends to Minister Rodríguez, Minister Freeland, Minister Leblanc, Minister Fortier, the Prime Minister, and the Executive Director of the CRFC alongside Barry at NCRA.
Every letter counts! If you can, please send your support as soon as possible!
Please let us know if you have any questions, and thank you in advance for your help! Click here to find the name of your MP
TEMPLATE:
To: Your MP (find them here)
Link: https://www.ourcommons.ca/Members/en/search#
CC: pablo.rodriguez@parl.gc.ca, chrystia.freeland@parl.gc.ca, dominic.leblanc@parl.gc.ca, mona.fortier@parl.gc.ca, justin.trudeau@parl.gc.ca, alex@crfc-fcrc.ca, barry@ncra.ca or p.sicard@radiorfa.com or direction@arcq.qc.ca
Date
Dear MP [Insert Name]
I am an active and dedicated [listener/volunteer/member] of Vancouver Co-op Radio, located (or deserving) in your riding. This station provides critical local news, information and entertainment to me which I cannot access through any other medium. I am writing to ask that you support this very important station that serves this community and fights against disinformation. You can do so by
1) Increasing the Local Journalism Initiative to $20 million a year and making it permanent.
2) Establishing a 25 million dollar annual Community Broadcasting Fund to be distributed among all community radio stations, including this one.
Without access to my local community radio station, I would not be able to stay connected to the community that I live in and love.
Thank you;
[Your Name, Your Contact Information, Your location]
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