Accordion Noir radio playlist 2007-08-24: Weird Mix — Bruce plays long and short songs!
Here we are, friends, up to Accordion Noir Radio episode number 38, from way back on August 24th, 2007. Over the past decade it’s been enjoyed… rather a lot! The ticker counts 15297 listens at its original online home, and we hope that it will continue to delight thousands more of the teeming masses at its new host at the Internet Archive, where you can download it as an MP3. There’s no particular rhyme or reason to this particular 10-year-old playlist — Bruce characterises it as unusually random, but really you can say that of most of our broadcasts. Diversity is our specialty! Here’s the playlist so you can learn a little bit about what your ears are telling you…
Accordion Noir: Playlist: August 24, 2007
CFRO Co-op Radio in Vancouver, BC, Canada
102.7 FM 9:30-10:30 PM
http://www.coopradio.org/ for web-streaming worldwide.Rowan Gone again playing live and connecting with the squeezy masses with the Creaking Planks.
Artist – Song – Album (label if known) – Origin – Date
Gato Libre — Welcome Party — Strange Village, ONOFF Music, http://www2s.biglobe.ne.jp/~Libra/ — Japan — 2006
The Kissers — Strawberry Blonde — http://www.thekissers.com — Wisconsin, USA — 2007
They Might Be Giants — C is for Conifers — Here Come The ABCs [They’re due for a new “Numbers” record any day now.] — USA — 2004
Emil Zrihan — Maka Shelishit — Ashkelon (Piranha Music) — Morocco/Isreal — 1998
Myriam & Harriet — Harriet Sing-a-long — Vancouver, Canada — 2007
Tennessee Schmaltz — Pachelbel’s Cannon/Od Lo Ahavti Dai — Pachelbel’s Canon & Other Jewish Hits tennesseeschmaltz.com — Knoxville, TN, USA — 2006
Lonesome Valley Singers — Corpse Circus Revue — Corpse Circus Revue (www.selfrighteous.com) — Victoria, BC, Canada — 2007
The Cape May — Old & Early Numbers — Glass Mountain Roads, http://www.theCapeMay.com — Calgary, Alberta, Canada — 2006 (I mixed up the band and album names on the air, sorry.)
Frode Hiltli — Lyrisk Vals — Passing Images (www.ECMrecords.com) — Norway — 2007
The Angstones — Old Dan Tucker — Kommen Een Der Karz — Ottowa, Canada — 1992
The Amazing Rolo/Groanbox — Sea Bone Remix — http://www.groanboxboys.com/ — Brooklyn (USA), and East London (U.K.) — 2006
Possum Trot Orchestra — Fever in My Veins — Possum Trot Orchestra http://www.possumtrotorchestra.com — Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA — 2005
Liger — Smapples — Smapples EP — http://www.beatismurder.com/bimrecsmapples.html — Austria — 2007
Duckmandu — Let’s Lynch the Landlord — Fresh Fruit for Rotting Accordionists, (New album? Cool!) http://www.iheartsinewaves.com/ — San Francisco, California, USA — 2005That’s tonight’s mixup for ya. Some odd stuff mashed together here.
“In three or four years, people are going to be embarrassed to admit they took guitar lessons as a kid.” –Jason Webley, see: Monster of Accordions
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Accordion Noir radio playlist 2017-08-16: Death, Smoke & Tears
Greetings from Accordion Noir! We’re well into our tenth year broadcasting on the air and preparations are ramping up for the tenth installment of our annual festival… as long as the world doesn’t end in the next month. Sometimes it feels as though it might. As if all the sabre-rattling with North Korea this week hadn’t been enough, a sickening cake iced with the terrorist killing in Charlottesville, Bruce suffered a death in his family and the culmination of all this doom and gloom put him in a particular frame of mind for programming the playlist of this week’s episode. (A frame of mind he got the opportunity to explore in depth, as we temporarily took over the time slot of the preceding show, Soundscape, for a double-length, two-hour broadcast this week.)
For the time being, you can listen to this week’s monumental broadcast as a digital audio stream (here’s the first hour, and here’s the second), or if you prefer (we prefer) it’s available as an MP3 download from the Internet Archive all in one big squeezy clot. Now here, to enhance your listening experience, is the substantial playlist describing the contents of its strange sonic territory:
AccNoir-2017-08-16, Death, Smoke, Joy and Tears
* Regina Carter – I’m Going Home – Southern Comfort (2014) – USA – www.reginacarter.com Will Holshouser, acc.
* Cricket & Snail – Song About Joy – At The Theater (2012) – Monteagle, Tennessee, USA – http://www.alembickmusic.com/cricketandsnail.html
* The Wailin’ Jennys – Away But Never Gone – Bright Morning Stars (2011) – Canada – http://www.thewailinjennys.com/
* Len Wallace – Rebellion’s Time – Winds of Change (1992) – Windsor, Ontario, Canada – http://worldaccordion.tripod.com/
* Heather Heyer’s Mother Susan Bro – “I’d rather have my child, but by golly if I gotta give her up, we’re gonna make it count.” https://www.democracynow.org/2017/8/16/video_full_remarks_of_heather_heyer
* Kevin Murphy – An Injury To All – 100 Years Ago Tomorrow (2016) – Everett, Washington, USA – http://www.jasonwebley.com/
* Spirit Of The West – Loaded Minds – Save This House (1989) – British Columbia, Canada – http://www.sotw.ca/ Linda McRae, acc. http://www.lindamcrae.com/
* Geoff Berner – Victory Party – Victory Party (2011) – Vancouver, BC, Canada – http://www.geoffberner.com
* Oysterband – On The Edge – This House Will Stand (2016) – UK – http://www.oysterband.co.uk
* Daniel Kahn & The Painted Bird – Beyze Vintn – The Broken Tongue/Dos Tsebrokhene Loshn (2006) – Detroit-New York, USA / Berlin, Germany – paintedbird.net http://holocaustmusic.ort.org/index.php?id=270
* Daniel Kahn & The Painted Bird – Yosl Ber / A Patriot – Partisans & Parasites (2009) – Detroit, Michigan, USA / Berlin, Germany – http://www.paintedbird.net/
* Matuto – Tears – The Devil and the Diamond (2013) – Brazil; South Caroline, New York City, USA – http://www.MatutoMusic.com
* Pistolera – Extranjero – En Este Camino (2008) – Brooklyn, New York – http://www.pistolera.net/
* Geoff Berner – Volcano God – Whiskey Rabbi (2005) – Vancouver, BC, Canada – http://www.geoffberner.com
* Oidupaa Vladimir Oiun – There Are Many Tears Here Gained – Divine Music From A Jail (1999) – Tuva, former Soviet Union – http://www.last.fm/music/Oidupaa+Vladimir+Oiun
* John Oliver & “Weird” Al Yankovic – North Korea – Last Week Tonight (HBO) (2017) – – http://www.weirdal.com/ https://youtu.be/TrS0uNBuG9c
* Dallae, 달래음악단 – 멋쟁이 – https://youtu.be/Z947kJgdS38 https://accordionuprising.wordpress.com/2011/06/20/dallae-%EB%8B%AC%EB%9E%98-%EC%9D%8C%EC%95%85%EB%8B%A8-korean-trot-music-fabulous/
* Eddie Dean & His Boys – Try Smiling – from Kevin Coffey’s collection (1941) – Los Angeles, California, USA – (Jack Statham, acc. Advertised his accordion-style as “Argentine.”)
* They Might Be Giants – Kiss Me, Son of God (Alternate Version) – Then: The Earlier Years (1997) – New York, New York, USA – http://www.theymightbegiants.com/
* Geoff Berner – I Kind Of Hate Songs With Ambiguous Lyrics – Victory Party (2011) – Vancouver, BC, Canada – http://www.geoffberner.com
* The Lewinskies – I Believe in You (Featuring Phil Sedore) – Good for All (2016) – Nova Scotia, Canada – http://www.thelewinskies.com
* Kimmo Pohjonen – Mantis – Kalmuk (2002) – Finland – http://www.kimmopohjonen.com/index.php
* Daniel Kahn, Psoy Korolenko Oy Division – Sympathy For Whom? – The First Unternational (2008) – Detroit, Michigan, USA / Berlin, Germany – http://www.paintedbird.net/
* Bill Mankiss – Redwing – Crooked Stovep… (Union Maid) – Bill Mankiss Accordion Swing – Canada
* Accordion Crimes – Butter – Accordion Crimes (2005) – Toronto, Ontario, Canada – http://www.accordioncrimes.ca/
* Ambrose Haley – We’ve Come a Long Way Together / Tweedle-O-Twill – from Kevin Coffey’s collection (1944) – St. Louis, MO, USA – (Joey Ross, acc.)
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Accordion Noir radio playlist 2007-08-17: Live with Mark Berube!
Ten years ago I was still in and out of town on the road playing weird little gigs throughout Western Canada with the Joey Only Outlaw Band, but after we migrated to our pre-midnight time slot, when possible I would hook Bruce up with live guests to join him on the show. Here, for Accordion Noir Radio episode number 37 back on August 17, 2007, he was joined by then-local angel-voiced singer-songwriter Mark Berube, generously giving us four live squeezy performances of songs from his album “What the river gave the boat”. The episode was enjoyed 3590 times at its original online home and we hope it continues getting enjoyed by Berube devotees over at its new host at the Internet Archive. Here, to help enrich your archival listening experience, you can refer to the episode’s playlist:
Accordion Noir: Playlist: August 17, 2007
CFRO Co-op Radio in Vancouver, BC, Canada
102.7 FM 9:30-10:30
http://www.coopradio.org/ for web-streaming worldwide.Rowan Replaced by Special Guest Mark Berube!
Catch him here in Vancouver on Thursday! http://www.markberube.comSong — Artist — Album — Origin — Date
Welcome to Skye/Mary of Skye — Hugh Morrison — Under a Texas Skye (www.hughmorrison.co.uk) — Texas — 2007
Cloudy Day — Mark Berube (live in studio!) — (a non-accordion version is on his album “What The River Gave The Boat” ) — Vancouver, Canada — 2007
Crni Vos — Mucca Pazza — a little marching band — Illinois, USA — 2006
A Cautionary Tale — The Decembrists — Castaways And Cutouts — Portland, Oregon, USA — 2003
Que lo Paren — Eduardo Rovira & Reynoaldo Nichele — Tango & Tangueros (Iris Music) — Argentina — 2003
Caulfield Line — Mark Berube (live in studio! Not available in stores!) — http://www.markberube.com — Canada
Corner Store — Ana Bon-Bon — (what’s the name of this record!) — Canada — 2005
Hungarian Hummingbird — Guy Klucevsek — The Well-Tampered Accordion — USA — 2004
The Radiator Hymn — Alex K. Redfern & the Eyesores — The Blind Spot — New England, USA — 2007
Hey Ya (live from YouTube) — Jason Webley — Seattle, USA — 2007
Pretty Little Bird (The Saint Of Vancouver) — Mark Berube — (live in studio! This one’s on his record with some accordion.) — http://www.markberube.com — Vancouver, Canada
Gumboots — Paul Simon (Jonbjon Mkhalali acc) — Graceland — USA/South Africa 1986
Shotgun Pageant — Bain Mattox — Blue Record — — Athens, Georgia, United States — (Bruce likes that sound!)
Puffed Candy — Mark Berube — (live in studio! Right here in Vancouver; thanks Mark!) — http://www.markberube.com
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In a refreshing change of pace, we’re not celebrating any accordionist memorials this week! This isn’t to say that no accordionists died this week, just that we didn’t find out about it before going on the air. And so the program this time around consists of Bruce’s typical irreverent grab-bag mix of different accordion styles and genres from different parts of the world recorded in wildly divergent time periods. For a limited time, you can enjoy it as a digital audio stream, or you can grab an mp3 of the episode for permanent satisfaction. And now — here’s its playlist!
AccNoir-2017-08-09, Pietro Frosini and Geoff Berner Swearing
* Chet Atkins – Bug Dance – from Kevin Coffey’s collection (1947) – Chicago, Illinois, USA – (Augie Klein, acc.)
* Ben Selvin and His Orchestra – The One Man Band – YouTube – princecastle (1931) – New York City, New York State, USA – Recorded in New York on February 27, 1931. Vocal by The Sunshine Boys (Joe and Dan Mooney). Mannie Klein-t, Irving Brodsky-p, Cornell Smelser- pac, Benny Goodman- cl present
* J.P Jofre – I’m the walrus – Hard Tango (0) – Argentina, New York – JPJOfre.com https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1245644549/jp-jofre-hard-tango-chamber-band?ref=city
* Laurie Anderson – Strange Angels – Strange Angels (1989) – New York City –
* Steve Earle and Dirk Powell – Just Before The Battle, Mother / Farewell, Mother – Divided & United: The Songs Of The Civil War [Disc 1] (2013) – Texas / Louisiana –
* Horslips – Sorry To Part – Happy To Meet…Sorry To Part (0) – Ireland – http://www.horslips.ie Charles O’Connor, conc.
* Jason Webley And Friends – 100 Years Ago Tomorrow – 100 Years Ago Tomorrow (2016) – Everett, Washington, USA – http://www.jasonwebley.com/
* Pietro Frosini – Visione D’Amore Waltz – Pietro Frosini – Jolly Caballero (1928) – New York, New York, USA – (His website is out of date.)
* Art Van Damme Quintet – Moxi – Swinging The Accordion On MPS (0) – USA – http://www.artvandamme.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPS_Records
* The Tiger Lillies – Bearded Lady – Circus Songs (2000) – United Kingdom – http://www.tigerlillies.com/
* Raynald Ouellet – Kimmble March – John J. Kimmel – Un Héritage Fabuleux – [[Disc 1]] – Production RO 001 (2010) – USA / Ireland / Quebec, Canada – http://www.mnemo.qc.ca/spip/les-prix-mnemo/article/prix-mnemo-2010-le-double-cd-john Piano, Denis Pépin.
* Geoff Berner (& Socalled) – Hustle Advisory, Canada 150 Remix – (Limited Single) (2017) – Vancouver – Toronto, Canada – http://www.geoffberner.com/music
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Accordion Noir radio playlist 2007-08-10: Rowan’s Return!
Here I am! Where was I, ten years ago? I can’t presume to speculate. (He speculates anyway: Probably playing up at the ArtsWells Festival with the Joey Only Outlaw Band. So this performance of Osasa was possibly just learned two days prior direct from Raghu Lokanathan!) But here it was, our exciting episode number 36 of Accordion Noir Radio from way back on August 10th of 2007! At its original online home it was enjoyed 3723 times and at its new home at the Internet Archive you can continue enjoying it… forever. Here’s its playlist!
Accordion Noir: Playlist: August 10, 2007
CFRO Co-op Radio in Vancouver, BC, Canada
102.7 FM 9:30-10:30 PM Rowan’s Return!
http://www.coopradio.org/ for web-streaming worldwide.Artist – Song – Album (label if known) – Origin – Date
Taraf de Haidouks — Dumbala Dumba — Taraf de Haidouks – Romanian Roma (Gypsy) – 1999
Geoff Berner – Can’t Stay Dry- Wedding Dance of the Widow Bride – 2007
Jason Webley and Andru Bemis – The Mountain and the Moon – How Big Is Tacoma (limited 7″ vinyl and CD) – 2006
Daniel Ari/Bass Line Dada – Toy Accordion Surprise – Brainstorm (http://cdbaby.com/cd/basslinedada) – San Francisco, California, USA – 2007
Rowan Lipkovits – Transformers theme song
Four Flea Circus (marié abe acc.) – Hoppin’ Jack — http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~chazf/
— Japan/USA — 2005
Dazibao – Alma (www.homerecords.be) – A fond l’e’pi – Belgium – 2005
Rowan Lipkovits – Hymn of the Soviet Republic
Geoff Berner- Traitor Bride – Wedding Dance of the Widow Bride – 2007
Teach Yourself Piano- Carpe Diem – Sweet Waltz, Bitter Waltz – Canada – 2006
Jim Mc Grath feat. Robert Watt — Ma na Bh Finna (Plain of the Deer / Correl Glen — Sound Neighbours: Contemporary Music in Northern Ireland (Smithsonian Folkways) – 2007
Rowan Lipkovits – Teenaged Mutant Ninja Turtles theme song
Elly Kelly — Golden Slippers — Yesterday’s dream — http://cdbaby.com/cd/ellykelly — Ontario, Canada – 2007
Jason Webley + Andru Bemis — Freezing — How Big Is Tacoma – 2006
Cone Five — Pieces Floating / Stretch in Sun — Ants in the Sugar – Winnipeg, Canada – 2007
Rowan Lipkovits — Osasa
(Followed by the Santa’s Workshop show! Where sadly I’m off mic so far my brilliant ad-lib is lost to the ages!)
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Last year, at the 9th annual Accordion Noir Festival, we presented Gunther Kablutsiak from Arviat, Nunavut, performing with Metis dance troupe V’ni Dansi and a band of crack pinch hitters as part of our Saturday night headliner program with San Antonio’s Pinata Protest, Dirty Grace, the Duo Finelli and Jack Garton’s Demon Squadron album launch. Just prior to the festival we hosted him live on Accordion Noir Radio, and following an appearance on the (somewhat wider-reaching) CBC Radio in promotion of the festival (Inuk accordionist carries on proud community tradition, Meet Gunther Kablutsiak, an accordionist from Nunavut), he not only got the word out… he also set himself up to be the recipient of a buttonbox sent back to his community in Nunavut from a local listener! (Beloved accordion finds new home — 2205 kilometres away)
We hoped that he had a blast enjoying his trip to Vancouver and looked forward to what the next chapter would hold! But this week we were shocked to learn that the whole book has just come to a close:
Mini Nancy Abraham July 29 at 7:41am
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✨ our Arctic char music festival of Kangirsuk famous accordion musician of Arviat NU will not be forgotten, Kablutsiak Gunther may you Rest in Peace, paradise of full of music with Angels, you’ll be missed so much, me & my big guy called him, our irnikutaak, our tall son
So we have returned to the well to revisit the brief time we got to spend with Gunther, as well as nodding to the previous week’s memorial subject Regis Gizavo and The Band member Garth Hudson (who just turned 80.) You can listen to this week’s broadcast as a digital audio stream (available here for a limited time) or as a downloadable MP3 (for keeps!) courtesy of the Internet Archive.
* The Band – Rockin’ Chair – The Band (1969) – http://theband.hiof.no Garth Hudson, acc.
* Gunther Kablutsiak – Gunter K Stinger (Inuktitut) – Stingers (2016) – –
* Gunther Kablutsiak – Dance Competition and a tune “Soneymolkno” (Please correct my total ignorance of Inuktitut) – Accordion Noir Festival interview with Gunther Kablutsiak (2016)
* Miles And Karina – Witch Conjure – Achmelodies – Seattle, Washington, USA – www.MilesAndKarina.com
* Gunther Kablutsiak – Story and Jingle Bells – Accordion Noir Festival interview with Gunther Kablutsiak (2016)
* Terhi Puronaho & Timo Alakotila – Jäähyväiset – Aatos (2008) – Espoo, Uusimaa, Finland – https://www.facebook.com/terhi.puronaho
* Gunther Kablutsiak – Gunargie O’Sullivan and Gunther Kablutsiak – Accordion Noir Festival interview with Gunther Kablutsiak (2016)
* Régis Gizavo/Louis Mhlanga/David Mirandon – Efa Olo Be – Stories (2006) – Madagascar, Zimbabwe/South Africa, France – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Régis_Gizavo
* Piñata Protest – Life On The Border – El Valiente (2013) – San Antonio, Texas, USA – http://www.pinataprotestband.com
* The Valparaiso Mens Chorus – The New York Girls – Guano And Nitrates (2006) – New Orleans, Louisiana, USA – http://www.valparaisomenschorus.com
* Mat Mathews – Summertime – Squeeze Me 4: 1951-55 A Lesson In Bop (The Jazz and Swing Accordion Story) (1955) – The Netherlands – http://www.venerablemusic.com/catalog/TitleDetails.asp?TitleID=12048
* Yolassi – Change – Photo – Ride (2004) – Toronto, Ontario, Canada – http://www.yolassi.com/ http://www.myspace.com/yolassi
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From way back on August 3rd of 2007, it’s another pick from the Accordion Noir Classic vaults ten years back: episode number 35 was enjoyed 3871 times at its original online home and you can continue enjoying its ins and outs into perpetuity courtesy of the Internet Archive! Now here’s its playlist…
Accordion Noir: Playlist: August 3, 2007
CFRO Co-op Radio in Vancouver, BC, Canada
102.7 FM 9:30-10:30 Rowan in Antarctica, Leave it to Accordion Noir, double-jeopardy technical difficulties.
http://www.coopradio.org/ for web-streaming worldwide.Song — Artist — Album — Origin — Date
Kanou — Boubacar Traorné (Regiz Gizavo acc) — Kongo Magni (World Village) — Mali (Madagascar acc) — 2005
Picks Me Up — Girl From Saskatoon (Geoff Berner acc) — This is only the Beginning (HILO) — Norway/Canada
Andarilho — Antonio Nóbrega — Madeira Que Cupim Não Rói — Brazil — 1997 — http://www.antonionobrega.com.br
Refugee — Band of Holy Joy — Love Never Fails (UK) — 2002
Lament for a Toy Factory — Dr. Steel — http://worlddominationtoys.com/drsteel/enter.html
Horse Sings from Cloud — Pauline Oliveros — Accordion & Voice (Important Records) — 1982
Mamtshawe — Geliya Debese — Squashbox — (From this “Hopelessly out of print anthology of South African concertina.”)
Time is Tight — The Serfs w/Gary Sredzienski — Live on Local Motives on WMPG in Portland Maine — USA — http://wmpg.org/localmotives/?date=11/26/2004
Fellini Singalong — Accordion Crimes — Accordion Crimes — Toronto, Canada — 2005
Forró No Barro — Oswaldinho — Um Bom Forró — NE Brazil — 2002
Vamos a Bailar — Jouquin Diaz — Ola — Republic Dominicana/Canada
Evangelical Damage — Tactless Pagans — http://www.tactlesspagans.com — 2007
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(That’s funny, I don’t remember ever going to Antarctica!)
