From: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers’ Project slave narratives collections.
So little of the old (English language) African American accordion tradition got recorded. I don’t know of any of those available on Bandcamp. I can share what I’ve got if you contact me: bruce
The monthly “Bandcamp Fridays” artist-support events are on hiatus in favour of more focused fundraisers for specific causes. There’s a good one coming up this coming Friday, June 18th, commemorating the annual Juneteenth commemoration of the struggle to end slavery in the United States. Our relevant pool of known African-American accordionists on Bandcamp remains woefully smaller than we would prefer. All the same, supporting #AccordionBandcamp, artists this Friday while supporting good work is the theme for this week’s episode of CFRO’s weekly Accordion Noir program. If your Apple or Android podcast subscriptions (strongly recommended!) haven’t alerted you to its availability yet, you can enjoy it as digital audio courtesy of the Internet Archive. Here’s its playlist:
AccNoir-2021-06-16, Pre-Juneteenth #AccordionBandcamp Friday
Friday June 18, stand with Bandcamp to Support Racial Justice, Equality, and Change
https://daily.bandcamp.com/features/juneteenth-fundraiser-2021
Juneteenth (June 19th) US Commemoration of Emancipation from Slavery
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juneteenth
- Artist – “Song” – Album (Year) – Where they’re from – Artist Links 🪗
- ‟The Many Voices of Accordion Noir, PRA 100.5 FM” – Dardanelles tune “Boyd’s Cove Singles” from their album The Dardanelles (2009) http://thedardanelles.com/
- The Dardanelles – ‟Kelly Russell’s/The Crosses of Annagh/The Girl from Pennsylvania” – In The Spring, That’s The Time (2020) – Newfoundland, Canada – http://thedardanelles.com/ https://thedards.bandcamp.com Aaron Collis, acc.
- Geoff Berner – ‟Why Don’t We Just Take The Billionaire’s Money Away” – Grand Hotel Cosmopolis (2019) – Vancouver, BC, Canada – http://www.geoffberner.com
https://geoffberner.bandcamp.com/album/grand-hotel-cosmopolis - Corey Ledet Zydeco – ‟Buchanan Ledet Special” – Corey Ledet Zydeco (2021) – Houston, Texas, USA – https://coreyledetzydeco.bandcamp.com
- Monster Ceilidh Band – ‟Lusty” – Mutation (2017) – Manchester, England, UK – https://haystackrecords.bandcamp.com/album/monster-ceilidh-band-mutation https://monsterceilidhband.co.uk Amy Thatcher, piano acc
- Captain Ambivalent – ‟I’ve Got A Fan In Canada” – Pirate Ninja Zombie (2015) – Valparaiso, Indiana, USA – https://captainambivalent.bandcamp.com/album/pirate-ninja-zombie https://captainambivalent.com
- Elye Cuthbertson – ‟Sorry About All the Mustard (feat. Elisabeth Flett)” – Covid 19 Compositions (2020) – London, UK – https://elyecuthbertson.bandcamp.com (Fundraiser for Musicians in times of COVID)
- Ključo Tadić Aritmia – ‟Hajd’ Sad Majka” – ARITMIA (2016) – Bosnia / Netherlands / Los Angeles, California, USA – Merima Ključo, acc; Miroslav Tadić, gtr https://kljucotadicaritmia.bandcamp.com https://merimakljuco.com
- Kevin Finseth – ‟Seven Beauties for Lina” – Seven Beauties (2020) – Vancouver, BC, Canada – http://www.highlifeworld.com http://kevinfinseth.highlifeworld.com https://kevinfinseth.bandcamp.com/album/seven-beauties
- Twin Limb (CAN cover) – ‟Yoo Doo Right” – Anything Is Possible And Nothing Makes Sense (2015) – Louisville, Kentucky, USA – https://twinlimb.bandcamp.com/track/long-shadow http://twinlimb.com/music.html Lacey Guthrie, acc.
- Loya – ‟South (feat. Régis Gizavo)” – Ti Lélé EP (2018) – France – http://loyamusic.bandcamp.com (French producer Sébastien Lejeune)
- Canilla – ‟you always wanted more in life, but now you don’t have the appetite” – you always wanted more in life, but now you don’t have the appetite (2021) – Berlin, Germany – https://canilla.bandcamp.com/album/you-always-wanted-more-in-life-but-now-you-dont-have-the-appetite https://camillabarrattdue.com
- Inge Thomson – ‟Tin Man” – Shipwrecks & Static (2010) – Scotland – https://ingethomson1.bandcamp.com http://www.ingethomson.com
- Lau – ‟Gallowhill” – Live Series 1.0 (2020) – UK – https://revealrecords.bandcamp.com/music?filter_band=2156348365 http://www.lau-music.co.uk
As on past #AccordionBandcamp episodes of our show, purchases on bandcamp seem to be one of the best ways to support artists online. If you know of more squeezebox folks we should promote, please let us know. Not our place to know what artists need, but if people want to give fans a chance to pay them in exchange for music, bandcamp is doing that right now.
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 Twitter (@AccordionNoir and @AccordionBruce), Instagram (@AccordionNoirFest), and Facebook at Accordion Noir fans, the Accordion Noir Festival, and the Vancouver Squeezebox Circle. Cheers & squeeze on!
Accordion Noir radio playlist 2011-05-25: Rowan returns from Amsterdam, and Petar Ralchev from Bulgaria too
From ten years ago (more or less — it aired earlier, but went online later, you can see our apology for tardiness below) here’s episode 233 of CFRO’s weekly hour-long Accordion Noir radio program, featuring the triumphant return of Rowan from a continent simply bursting with accordions — including a couple of surreptitious bootleg field recordings. At its original online home it logged some 6172 listens, and you should be able to continue enjoying it as digital audio courtesy of the Internet Archive. Here’s its playlist:
AccNoir–2011-05-25, Rowan Returns from Amsterdam, and Petar Ralchev from Bulgaria too.
(Catching up on older shows, with outdated events!) [Don’t worry about it, Bruce, in the fullness of time all information is outdated! It can still be interesting to look back!]
* Artist – Song – Album (year) – Where are they from? – Contact info if we’ve got it.
* Johnny Meijer – St’ James Infirmary – The Swinging Accordion Of Johnny Meijer. [Disc 1] – The Netherlands
* Dutchmaster – Lover’s Polka – Play Me a Polka – Tex-Czech Polkas (1994) – –
* Dwayne Verheyden – La Feria De Las Flores – Unknown Album
* Totty Wallèns Cowboygäng sång: Wille Wallèn – Sioux City Sue, Cowboy Swing – 78 rpm Musica A 3134 (M 3155) cowboyswing (1950) – Sweden – http://dragspelsmusik.com/
* Geoff Berner (and the Terror of Tiny Town) – Standard Fallout Waltz – ‘Cause I’m Worth It (1997) – Vancouver, BC, Canada – http://www.geoffberner.com
* Marquiswing Quartet – Autumn Leaves – Rowan’s Bootleg, Paris.
* Peter Ralchev – Peter Ralchev Interview (part 1) – Peter Ralchev Interview (2011)
* Petar Ralchev, accordion & Jasen Atanasov, bassoon – Bulgarian folklore music – Folklore Seminar in Gabrovo, Bulgaria July 2007 (2007) – Bulgaria – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZyPnL2vscY
* The New Pornographers – The Spirit Of Giving – Challengers (2007) – Vancouver, BC, Canada – http://www.thenewpornographers.com/ A.C. Newman, Bass Melodion, but this one has real accordion.
* Marquiswing Quartet – The Girl From Ipanima – Rowan’s Bootleg, Paris
* Cuckoo March – Machine Museum – Rowan’s Bootleg
* Johnny Meijer – Dark Town Struttersball – The Swinging Accordion Of Johnny Meijer [Disc 1] – The NetherlandsTonight’s cover illustration is: Pablo Picasso’s – Accordeoniste Homme a chapeau
– 1911Happy spring-time, and please, support Accordion Noir and Co-op Radio (without whom there wouldn’t be an Accordion Noir), by becoming a member. Go to http://www.AccordionNoir.org or http://www.CoopRadio.org and donate online. We really especially supporters who’ve become “sustaining” donors by arranging to donate a little bit every month. Those add up to a lot of support over the year. We love that most of all.
When you’re able to donate, please do add a comment that, “Accordion Noir sent me!” Then we know who loves squeezing.
Thanks much,
Bruce and Rowan
——–
Get all your Vancouver Area accordion information at:
http://www.SqueezeboxCircle.orgSupport Accordion Noir, we love our supporters, and our supporters’ supporters – even our detractors love our supporters.
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 Twitter (@AccordionNoir and @AccordionBruce), Instagram (@AccordionNoirFest), and Facebook at Accordion Noir fans, the Accordion Noir Festival, and the Vancouver Squeezebox Circle. Cheers & squeeze on!
“Men dancing with each other on a beach with accordion player” (c. 1930), from the Queer Tango Image Archive.
June is when most Pride celebrations kick off, so in its spirit here Bruce programmed a fabulous instalment of our weekly hour-long broadcast featuring some of the simply squeeziest LGBTQ2S+ artists out there. Turn on your bubble machine and get out your rainbow flags! If your Apple or Android podcast subscriptions (strongly recommended!) haven’t alerted you to its availability yet, you can enjoy listening to it as digital audio courtesy of the Internet Archive. Here’s its playlist! (Well, a video first.)
Alice Marcone & Gabeu – ‟Pistoleira”
AccNoir-2021-06-09, Pride ‘n’ Squeezin’
‟Hidden Wonders: the Speakeasy Magic Experience (virtual edition)” – Shawn Farquhar Presents: a Fundraiser for Co-op Radio, June 24 (2021) – Vancouver, BC, Canada (streaming magically to your home!) – https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hidden-wonders-magic-experience-co-op-radio-benefit-virtual-edition-tickets-154506963487?aff=ebdssbeac&keep_tld=1
‟ACCORDION AVAILABLE, from MARION LEFEVRE: 36 Bass 30 Key Piano” – $350 (Inquire about the Queer Pride discount) – In Vancouver, BC, Canada – Text: 778-800-8855 or see photos at: https://vancouver.craigslist.org/bnc/msg/d/burnaby-piano-accordion-stella/7332771095.html
- ‟The Many Voices of Accordion Noir” (2015) – Dardanelles tune, “Boyd’s Cove Singles” from their album The Dardanelles (2009) http://thedardanelles.com/
- Vernon Dalhart – ‟Lavender Cowboy” – Maybe the first queer country song? (1939) – New York, New York, USA – With Charles Magnante on accordion! https://countryqueer.com/stories/article/is-this-the-first-queer-country-song/
https://queermusicheritage.com/mar2005lavender.html
https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200037275/BS-036630-Lavender_cowboy - The Klezmatics – ‟I Ain’t Afraid” [Holly Near song] – Rise Up! Shteyt Oyf! (2002) – New York City, New York State, USA – http://klezmatics.com/ Lorin Sklamberg, acc.
- Alice Marcone & Gabeu – ‟Pistoleira” – (Single) (2021) – Brazil (Brasil) – https://countryqueer.com/reviews/video-review/noite-quente-alice-marcone/
https://countryqueer.com/stories/interview/the-queer-gunslingers-of-brazil/ Great Video: https://youtu.be/dFC8yYxZYKg - Lonesome Leash – ‟Ghosts In The Garden” – Delicate Art (2018) – New Orleans, Louisiana, USA – http://www.lonesomeleash.com
- Baby Dee – ‟An Early Spring” – A Book Of Songs For Anne Marie (2010) – Cleveland, Ohio, USA – http://www.babydee.org/
- Miss Natasha Enquist – ‟Lock & Key” – (Single, 2019) – Victoria, BC, Canada (and now Berlin, Germany) – http://www.natashaenquist.com https://missnatashaenquist.bandcamp.com
Video: https://vimeo.com/showcase/3644187/video/328089148 - Tumbleweed Time Machine – ‟Cold [Feat. Skyler Fell And Ariel McGurty]” – Accordion Babes 2011 (2010) – http://accordionpinupcalendar.com/
- Secret Emchy Society – ‟Songs Are All We’re Left With” – The Stars Fall Shooting Into Twangsville (2017) – Oakland, California, USA – http://www.emchy.com
- Socalled – ‟Baskatong Song” – The Season (2013) – Montreal, Quebec, Canada – http://www.socalledmusic.com/ Yves Lambert as The Hunter
- Gali Galó – ‟Fluxo (Mulher do Futuro)” – single (2021) – Brazil (Brasil) – https://galigalo.bandcamp.com
Country Queer story: https://countryqueer.com/stories/feature/insert-headline-here/
Video: https://youtu.be/rtdSSmDC2ls - carrie z – ‟Psaumes (1895) – 7. Tomorrow” – Satie: Complete Piano Works – Volume 10 (2021) – Northeast, USA – https://carriez.bandcamp.com
(“My reconstruction of Satie’s lost piano work, ‘Psaumes’, written in 1895, consists of a cover of the album ‘Let Go’ by Avril Lavigne, published in 2002, in its entirety.”) - Dorian Wood – ‟Hpssos/A Gospel of Elephants” – Down, The Dirty Roof (2014) – https://dorianwood.bandcamp.com http://dorianwood.com/
- Pauline Oliveros, Stuart Dempster, Panaiotis. – ‟Lear” – Deep Listening (1989) – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauline_Oliveros http://www.deeplistening.org http://paulineoliveros.us
Miss Natasha Enquist – ‟Lock & Key”
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 Twitter (@AccordionNoir and @AccordionBruce), Instagram (@AccordionNoirFest), and Facebook at Accordion Noir fans, the Accordion Noir Festival, and the Vancouver Squeezebox Circle. Cheers & squeeze on!
From, er, a bit over ten years ago, here’s episode 232 of CFRO Co-Op Radio’s weekly Accordion Noir radio broadcast, during which I gather I was away in the Netherlands with my life partner, learning about (among other things) its accordion culture and all manner of mechanical accordion-playing machines at Utrecht’s Speelklokmuseum. At its oiginal online home, this episode achieved a total of some 5195 logged listens, but you can continue enjoying it as digital audio today courtesy of the Internet Archive. Here’s its playlist:
AccNoir-2011-05-18, Sunny Day in Amsterdam (Remember when it was spring?)
* Artist – Song – Album (year) – Where are they from? – Contact info if we’ve got it.
* Julz-A – Sunshine Decay – Squeeze Right EP (2007) – New York City, New York State, USA – http://www.julz-a.com
* Andy Fielding – Accordion Noir theme (long version, 2:30) – Accordion Noir (2010) – Vancouver, BC, Canada – recorded special just for our show! More, http://www.andyfielding.com/temp/visigoth.pdf
* yeti (Jetty Swart) – Train de Nuit – Chez Michton (studio dubs?) – France/Netherlands – http://lecrideyeti.free.fr/accueil2.htm
* Kajto – Stacidoma Muzikanto – Lokomotivo, rulu nun! (2004) – Esperanto / Netherlands (Nederlando) – http://www.xs4all.nl/~marianta/indexen.html
* Johnny Meyer – Deed i do – Johnny Meijer: Dutch Swing College Band “128” (1974) – The Netherlands – 00000290 00000290 00000668
* De Amsterdam Klezmer Band – Noushka – De Amsterdam Klezmer Band (2003) – Amsterdam, the Netherlands – http://www.amsterdamklezmerband.nl/english/index.html
* Dsd (the mysterious Derrick Stacey Denholm) – Sunlit Clearing – Norsk Drag (2006) – Prince George, BC, Canada – Apt 9, 423 3rd Ave West. Prince Rupert, BC. V8J 1L4, Canada
* Kate & Anna McGarrigle – sun, son(shining on the water) – love over and over (1982) – Canada – sounds like ABBA
* Quintet Johnny Meyer – Ain’t She Sweet – Squeeze Me 3: 1943-53 Rebop Continental (The Jazz and Swing Accordion Story) (1947) – The Netherlands – http://www.venerablemusic.com/catalog/TitleDetails.asp?TitleID=12048
* Trio Nuevo: Michael Gustorff – violin, Hans Sparla – accordion, Dick de Graaf – Tenor Saxophone and special guest Sandra Coelers – Voice – Sleeping Giant – Jazz meets Tango (2006) – The Netherlands – Hans Sparla, acc. (the other trio members have sites…) http://www.dickdegraaf.com/html/trioNuevo_Eng_001.htm
http://www.dickdegraaf.com/content/?page_id=32
* Gordon Fleming – East Of The Sun – According To Gordie (1950) – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada – http://famgroup.ca/gordiefleming/navigation/gordie.htm
* Amsterdam Klezmer Band – Odessa’s Blast Out – Remixed (2006) – Amsterdam, the Netherlands – http://www.amsterdamklezmerband.nl/news.html
* Duo Mares – Amber and Cream – Volume Nuevo (2010) – The Netherlands – http://www.duomares.com
* Mat Mathews – Now See How You Are – 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
* Zeellia – Our Spring – Willow Bridge – Vancouver, BC, Canada – http://www.zeellia.com
* Servais Haanen – Ohne Wahnwagen – Cataract (2007) – Niederlande (Netherlands) – http://www.klangwelten.comTonight’s cover illustration is: Johnny Meijer’s Grave (how cool is that?) http://www.studiokoning.nl/Foto_24/Vredenhof.html
Happy spring-time, and please, support Accordion Noir and Co-op Radio (without whom there wouldn’t be an Accordion Noir), by becoming a member. Go to http://www.AccordionNoir.org or http://www.CoopRadio.org and donate online. We really especially supporters who’ve become “sustaining” donors by arranging to donate a little bit every month. Those add up to a lot of support over the year. We love that most of all.
When you’re able to donate, please do add a comment that, “Accordion Noir sent me!” Then we know who loves squeezing.
Thanks much,
Bruce and Rowan
——–
Get all your Vancouver Area accordion information at:
http://www.SqueezeboxCircle.orgSupport Accordion Noir, we love our supporters, and our supporters’ supporters – even our detractors love our supporters.
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 Twitter (@AccordionNoir and @AccordionBruce), Instagram (@AccordionNoirFest), and Facebook at Accordion Noir fans, the Accordion Noir Festival, and the Vancouver Squeezebox Circle. Cheers & squeeze on!
Poring over the playlist that Bruce provided, I could discern no emergent theme or topic to this week’s hour-long episode of CFRO Co-Op Radio’s weekly Accordion Noir broadcast. The songs are in every style, from every part of the world. (Of course, that’s the regular theme!) Don’t worry yourself trying to figure out what they have in common, the answer is simply the free-reed aerophone. Just sit back and enjoy the set of tunes! If your Apple or Android podcast subscriptions (strongly recommended!) haven’t alerted you to its availability yet, you can enjoy listening to it as digital audio courtesy of the Internet Archive. Here’s its playlist:
AccNoir-2021-06-02, What’s Up June?
- ‟The Many Voices of Accordion Noir, PRA 100.5 FM” – Dardanelles tune “Boyd’s Cove Singles” from their album The Dardanelles (2009) http://thedardanelles.com/
- Don Lee’s New Sound – ‟ECHO, Echo, echo” – (Single) “Multiplied by Don Lee” (1957) – Lansing, Michigan, USA – https://youtu.be/rIuv13wQwng https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Lee_(accordionist)
- Caamaño&Ameixeiras – ‟Maribel” – Aire! (2021) – Galicia, Spain – https://es.caamanoameixeiras.com Sabela Caamaño (chromatic button acc) and Antía Ameixeiras (violin and voice)
- Quinn & Qristina Bachand – ‟Mountain Road / Flowing Bowl / Music For A Found Harmonium” – Family (2011) – Victoria, British Columbia, Canada – (Adrian Dolan, acc) http://www.qbachand.com
- Yves Lambert Trio – ‟La coquette à Poupa et sa suite” – Tentation (2018) – Quebec, Canada – http://yveslambert.com/en/
- Boulder Acoustic Society – ‟Maggie’s Farm” – The Caged Bird (2008) – Denver, Colorado, USA – http://www.boulderacousticsociety.net
- Puseletso Seema & Tau ea Linare – ‟Ha motsoane” – He O Oe Oe ! (1985) – Lesotho, Southern Africa – http://www.globalgroovers.blogspot.com http://soulsafari.wordpress.com/2009/12/17/puseletso-seema-tau-ea-linare-lesotho/
- Lost Bayou Ramblers – ‟Mexico One Step” – Live À La Blue Moon (2007) – Louisiana, USA – Visit http://lostbayouramblers.bandcamp.com
- Polka Dogs – ‟If I Believed” – The Bee (2018) – Toronto, Ontario, Canada – http://thepolkadogs.com Tiina Kiik, acc
- Regina Carter – ‟Zeripiky” – Regina Carter – Reverse Thread (2010) – New York, New York, USA – http://www.reginacarter.com/ Will Holshouser, acc.
- Redwood Tango Ensemble – ‟Prizefighter” – Prizefighter (2018) – Oakland, California, USA – http://www.redwoodtango.com http://www.charlesgorczynski.com Charles Gorczynski, bandoneon.
- Kepa Junkera – ‟Bolero De Santa Maria” – FOK (2017) – Basque Country, Europe – https://kepajunkera.bandcamp.com/album/fok http://www.kepajunkera.eus Kepa Junkera, Basque trikitixa acc.
- Lisanga Pauline – ‟Menagere” – Roots Of Rumba Rock, Vol. 1 – 1953-54 (0) – Democratic Republic of Congo, Central Africa – http://crammed.be/
- Saul Berson – ‟Tali-Time” – Not Here, Not Now (2002) – British Columbia, Canada – http://saulberson.com, Kim Darwin, acc.
- Duo Montanaro/Cavez – ‟Coco Beloeil” – Escales (2012) – Belgium – http://www.sophiecavez.sitew.com/#Presentation.A
‟Maribel” by Caamaño & Ameixeiras – from their new album Aire! (2021)
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 Twitter (@AccordionNoir and @AccordionBruce), Instagram (@AccordionNoirFest), and Facebook at Accordion Noir fans, the Accordion Noir Festival, and the Vancouver Squeezebox Circle (another Zoom session this Friday night, 7-9 pm!) Cheers & squeeze on!
From ten years ago, here’s episode 231 of CFRO Co-Op Community Radio’s weekly hour-long Accordion Noir radio program, featuring great squeezebox music from all over the world, in every style. This one is named after Bruce’s research unearthing details about Lawrence Welk’s music-themed fast food restaurant, about which you can read more in his book! At its original online home, this episode logged some 3503 listens, but you can continue enjoying listening to it today courtesy of the Internet Archive. Here’s its playlist:
AccNoir-2011-05-11, Squeezeburgers
* Artist – Song – Album (year) – Where are they from? – Contact info if we’ve got it.
* Scott Cook – Song For The Slow Dancers – Moonlit Rambles
* The Bad Things – Springtime Lament – Vaudeville Show (2006) – Seattle, Washington, USA – http://www.thebadthings.com/
* Pee Wee King (Frank Julius Anthony Kuczynski) – Half A Dozen Boogie (1956) – Blue Suede Shoes: Gonna Shake This Shack Tonight – Milwaukee, Wisconsin / Nashville, Tennessee, USA – http://www.bear-family.de
* Cricket & Snail – Day After Day – It Takes Two (2010) – Monteagle, Tennessee, USA – http://www.Alembickmusic.com/cricketandsnail.html Lucie Carlson, violin / James Carlson, accordion
* Lawrence Welk and Myron Floren – Polkas with Lawrence Welk and Myron Floren
* Cafe Antarsia Ensemble – Crows & Angels – Songs of the Table (2007) – – “Just a wayword Christian”
* Hjaltalín – Trailer Music – Sleepdrunk Seasons (2008) – Reykjavík, Iceland – http://www.myspace.com/hjaltalinband
* The Woodshed Orchestra – Geddy Lee – The Woodshed Orchestra (2011) – Guelph, Ontario, Canada – This song’s about the singer from RUSH. http://www.thewoodshedorchestra.com
* One Ring Zero – The Ghost Of Rita Gonzalo – Live At Barbès (2008) – Virgina / Brooklyn, New York, USA – http://www.oneringzero.com/
* Carson Sisters – saxophone accordion 1930s – from where?
* Laura Peek – What It’s For – Key (2010) – Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada – http://www.peekpeekpeek.com
* Eleni Karaindrou – Nostalgia Song – Dust Of Time (2009)
* The Mountains & The Trees – Fear Of Ghosts – I Made This For You (2010) – St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada – http://www.themountainsandthetrees.com
* Naftule’s Dream – Industrial Bulgar – Job – Boston, Massachusetts, USA – http://www.naftulesdream.com/
* The Decemberists – Oceanside – 5 Songs (2003) – Portland, Oregon, USA – http://www.decemberists.com/
* Kaina Nowdlak – Traditional – Music Nunavut – Nunavut, Canada – Alianait Entertainment: http://www.alianait.ca
* Kristin Sweetland – La Fin Du Monde – Own Sweet Time (2007) – Ontario, Canada – http://www.kristensweetland.comTonight’s cover illustration is: the much coveted Lawrence Welk ashtray, patented (# D170,898) in 1953.
http://www.google.com/patents?id=mERyAAAAEBAJ&printsec=description&zoom=4#v=onepage&q&f=falseHappy spring-time, and please, support Accordion Noir and Co-op Radio (without whom there wouldn’t be an Accordion Noir), by becoming a member. Go to http://www.AccordionNoir.org or http://www.CoopRadio.org and donate online. We really especially supporters who’ve become “sustaining” donors by arranging to donate a little bit every month. Those add up to a lot of support over the year. We love that most of all.
When you’re able to donate, please do add a comment that, “Accordion Noir sent me!” Then we know who loves squeezing.
Thanks much,
Bruce and Rowan
——–
Get all your Vancouver Area accordion information at:
http://www.SqueezeboxCircle.orgSupport Accordion Noir, we love our supporters, and our supporters’ supporters – even our detractors love our supporters.
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 Twitter (@AccordionNoir and @AccordionBruce), Instagram (@AccordionNoirFest), and Facebook at Accordion Noir fans, the Accordion Noir Festival, and the Vancouver Squeezebox Circle (it’s coming up later this week, possibly in person! Make sure you’re subscribed to our e-mail list to be the first to find out how to take part!) Cheers & squeeze on!
Jazz Accordion Solos: video series with Julien Labro
The marvelous Jazz Accordion Solo transcription videos and interviews with jazz 🪗ists are produced (semi anonymously, possibly for copyright reasons?) by French-born accordionist/bandoneonist Julien Labro.
He began in Feb 2021 with short videos showing him performing (on C-system CBA) jazz 🪗 solos along with recordings of great jazz accordionists. The musical notation Labro transcribed for each solo is seen scrolling along with the joint performances.
It’s a history lesson to see these international players whose work has often long been unavailable, and several I’d never heard of. Great stuff, and Julien is an amazing player, reflecting the styles and techniques of these quite different artists.
Recent videos have included video-chats with living jazz accordionists Richard Galliano and Gil Goldstein, which are insightful and a joy to see. Makes you wish we had interviews with all the other historical players featured. Labro has reached out to several of the other still-living players and hopefully we’ll get to hear some of their stories too.
The transcriptions are available as sheet music at: https://gumroad.com/jazzaccordionsolos
He’s also got them available in different formats in other places like:
https://www.soundslice.com/users/JazzAccordionSolos/
All the videos are viewable in series on youtube (and he’s on Facebook too). Worth watching, subscribing, and sharing them all: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbTwGWrQQJ20odJ7Rpeljrg/videos
I’ve really enjoyed seeing this project unfold, and very much recommend subscribing on whatever place you can. It’s the most exciting jazz accordion history I know of, and I look forward to seeing where it will go. Hopefully it will continue in some form when we’re able to play outside our houses too.
This week’s episode of CFRO’s weekly hour-long Accordion Noir broadcast has several themes beyond its standard mandate to simply serve up squeezebox music for the masses. You can see the episode title for the full course of topics covered in this episode. Surely they would all warrant an episode of their own, but sometimes you’ve just got to mix it up. If your Apple or Android podcast subscriptions (strongly recommended!) haven’t alerted you to its availability yet, you can listen to it as digital audio courtesy of the Internet Archive. Here’s its playlist:
AccNoir-2021-05-26, Brazilian Birthdays, Oliveros Film Fundraiser, Allison Russell Fans, and some Finnish Ambient Metal
- Po’ Girl – ‟Bloom” – Deer In The Night (2009) – “All over Canada” – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Po%27_Girl Go get Allison’s new record: https://allisonrussellmusic.com
- Po’ Girl – ‟Follow Your Bliss” – Follow Your Bliss (2010)
- Sivuca – ‟Mergulho” – Pau Doido (1992) – Brazil (Brasil) – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sivuca His old web-page is archived at: https://web.archive.org/web/20191027162726/http://www.sivuca.com.br/
- Camarão – ‟Sereia Do Mar” – The imaginary Soundtrack to a Brazilian Western Movie 1964 – 1974 (2018) – Brejo da Madrew de Deus, Pernambuco, Brasil – http://analogafrica.bandcamp.com
- Franco & OK Jazz with Camille Feruzi – ‟Siluwangi Wapi Accordeon” – Congo Accordeon (0) – Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central Africa – (From Jared Snyder) Also featured at: https://wrldsrv.blogspot.com/search?q=Camille+Feruzi
- Charles Figueroa, August Rodrigues, Virginia Rodrigues, and Wayne Rodrigues – ‟La Gallina” – Puerto Rican Music in Hawaii (1989) – Puerto Rico / Hawaii – http://folkways.si.edu http://smithsonianfolkways.bandcamp.com
- Monster Ceilidh Band – ‟Trouser Worrier” – Mutation (2017) – Manchester, England, UK – https://haystackrecords.bandcamp.com/album/monster-ceilidh-band-mutation https://monsterceilidhband.co.uk Amy Thatcher, piano acc
- Eliza Carthy – ‟Picking Up Sticks/The Old Mole/Felton Lonnin/Kingston Girls” – Rice (1997) – Yorkshire, England, UK – http://www.eliza-carthy.com Saul Rose, melodeon.
- PERTTULA – ‟Hiipuva / Tail away” – Pajavasara / Forge hammer (2021) – Finland – http://www.toniperttula.com http://www.bafesfactory.fi/perttula (Toni Perttula’s twin brother Sami is in Korpiklaani) Artistic producer on this track: Viivi Maria Saarenkylä (from Vildá)
- Pauline Oliveros – ‟Lift” – Primordial Lift (1999) – Born and raised in Houston, Texas, USA – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauline_Oliveros http://www.deeplistening.org http://paulineoliveros.us
- Sakili – ‟Solitaire” – Creole Sounds from the Indian Ocean (2021) – Reunion; Mauritius; Indian Ocean – http://www.arcmusic.co.uk
- Po’ Girl – ‟One Little City” – Deer In The Night (2009) – “All over Canada” – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Po%27_Girl https://allisonrussellmusic.com
Deep Listening & the story of Pauline Oliveros
Let’s Finish This Film! Watch Party Fundraiser:
Sunday, May 30 3-4:30PM
Tickets Here
More info: http://www.ministryofmaat.org
Twin Brazilian Accordion Birthdays today!
Saint Irmã Dulce Pontes
(26 May 1914 – 13 March 1992)
Born: Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Patron saint of… forró?
Canonized, 2019
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irmã_Dulce_Pontes
Severino (Sivuca) Dias de Oliveira
(May 26, 1930 – December 14, 2006)
Born: Joào Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil
Brazillian Forró Jazz Master
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sivuca
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Spring is here and a young man’s fancy turns to thoughts of… squeezebox! From ten years ago (ten and a month, just about, the action-packed April 2010 really knocked us back on our weekly look back) here’s episode 230 of CFRO Co-Op Community Radio’s weekly Accordion Noir program. At its original online home, it logged some 5820 listens. You can enjoy it today as digital audio courtesy of the Internet Archive. Here’s its playlist:
AccNoir-2011-05-04, Springtime Ticking
* Artist – Song – Album (year) – Where are they from? – Contact info if we’ve got it.
* Hank Penny – Tuxedo Junction – Hank Penny – Hillbilly Be-Bop (1944-1950) – (Out of Print?) http://therockingipsy.blogspot.com/2010/06/hank-penny-hillbilly-be-bop.html
* Andy Fielding – Accordion Noir theme (long version, 2:30) – Accordion Noir (2010) – Vancouver, BC, Canada – recorded special just for our show! More, http://www.andyfielding.com/temp/visigoth.pdf
* The Leon Sash Quintet – Swedish Pastry – Live At The Velvet Heart Club (1962) – Chicago, Illinois, USA – http://www.henrydoktorski.com/historicaccordionrecords.html (the bluesy lift out at 3:30- is a five star.)
* Rio Samaya Band – Deberias Saber (You Should Know) – Secretos (2011) – Vancouver, BC, Canada –
* The Wallets – The Cowboy Song – Body Talk (1988) – Twin Cities, (Minneapolis/Saint Paul, Minnesota) – http://www.twintone.com/wallets.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wallets The Star-Tribune summed the band’s style up as a “mix of polka, rock, rhythm-and-blues, jazz and whimsy”. “Going-out-of-business party”, Star-Tribune, December 29, 1988
* The Silvertones (Pre-The Angry) – Red Headed Flea – (1965) – Canton, Ohio, USA – http://www.theangry.net/musicclips.htm Hans Stucki, chordovox/acc.
* The Kinks – Alcohol – Muswell Hillbillies (1998) – Accordion –
* Maria in the Shower – Star of Bannack – The Hidden Sayings of Maria in the Shower (2011) – Vancouver, BC, Canada – Visit http://mariaintheshower.bandcamp.com
* Conjunto Bernal – Loretta Polka – Mi Unico Camino (0) – Texas, usa – http://www.arhoolie.com/
* Duckmandu (Aaron Seeman) – Ill in the Head – Fresh Duck for Rotting Accordionists (2005) – San Francisco, California, USA – http://www.duckmandu.com/
* Harmonium – En Pleine Face – Si On Avait Besoin D’une Cinquième Saison (1975) – Montréal, Québec, Canada – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Si_on_Avait_Besoin_D’une_Cinquième_Saison
* Tummel – Tsiganovs hands – Transit (2004) – Sweden – http://www.tummel.nu/
* Tsar Nicholas III & the Exiles – Saint of a Liar’s Church – Letter of Marque (2009) – UK – http://www.myspace.com/tsarnicholas3rd
* Vancouver Squeezebox Circle – Vancouver Chopsticks Circle (mp3) – (2008) – – Recorded at Spartucus Books, Feb 7, 2008
* Art Van Damme – On The Alamo – Swinging The Accordion On MPS (0) – USA – http://www.artvandamme.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPS_Records
* The Chessmen – What’s Causing This Sensation – (1966?) – Vancouver, BC, Canada – Bruce Peterson, Electric Accordion (Terry Jacks’ first band, who did “Seasons in the Sun.”) http://www.regeneratorrecords.com/?pg=chessmenTonight’s cover illustration is: Quim Barreiros’, naked hohner accordion, for the coming summer. http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1159/695856818_54f0cf60dc_b.jpg (didn’t attach, so I tried something a little different.)
Happy spring-time, and please, support Accordion Noir and Co-op Radio (without whom there wouldn’t be an Accordion Noir), by becoming a member. Go to http://www.AccordionNoir.org or http://www.CoopRadio.org and donate online. We really especially supporters who’ve become “sustaining” donors by arranging to donate a little bit every month. Those add up to a lot of support over the year. We love that most of all.
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Bruce and Rowan
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Much going on in the world this week, both the accordion world and … otherwise. Bruce tries to round it up under one roof, but our three-ring circus is … a big tent. All the same, there’s a lot to enjoy in this week’s episode of our weekly program! If your Apple or Android podcast subscriptions (strongly recommended!) haven’t alerted you to its availability yet, you can enjoy it as digital audio courtesy of the Internet Archive. Here’s its playlist:
AccNoir-2021-05-19, Happening and New Things
- Raffi – ‟Salaam Shalom, Side By Side” – Resisto Dancing – Songs Of Compassionate Revolution (2006) – Cairo, Egypt, North Africa / Saltspring Island, British Columbia, Canada – https://raffinews.com/ https://raffifoundation.org/songs/salaam-shalom/ Doug Schmidt, acc
- Ramzi Aburedwan – ‟Bahar” – Reflections Of Palestine (2012) – Palestine, Western Asia – https://worldmusic.net/products/reflections-of-palestine I think “Bahar” means “springtime”. Mohammed Al Qutati, acc
- Eva Ybarra – ‟Celosa” – The Best Of The 27th Annual Tejano Conjunto Festival (2008) – San Antonio, Texas, USA – https://guadalupeculturalarts.org/tejano-conjunto-festival/
- Los Texmaniacs de Max Baca – ‟Viva Seguin” – Tejano Conjunto Festival En San Antonio 2010
- Santiago Jiménez Jr. y su Conjunto – ‟Homenaje a Don Santiago Jimenez” – Tejano Conjunto Festival en San Antonio 1997 (1997) – San Antonio, Texas, USA – https://guadalupeculturalarts.org/tejano-conjunto-festival/
- Eva Ybarra y su Conjunto – ‟Las Gallinitas” – Pobre Palomita (1995)
- Michael Hearst – ‟Autoalveare” – Songs For Unconventional Vehicles (2021) – Brooklyn, New York (USA) – http://www.oneringzero.com http://www.michaelhearst.com http://www.michaelhearst.com/unconventionalvehicles
- Michael Hearst – ‟Song For Unconventional Vehicles” – Songs For Unconventional Vehicles (2021) – Brooklyn, New York (USA) – http://www.oneringzero.com http://www.michaelhearst.com http://www.michaelhearst.com/unconventionalvehicles
- Michael Hearst – ‟Graf Zeppelin Airship” – Songs For Unconventional Vehicles (2021)
- Michael Hearst – ‟Zil-2906” – Songs For Unconventional Vehicles (2021)
- carrie z – ‟Psaumes (1895) – 5. Mobile” – Satie: Complete Piano Works – Volume 10 (2021) – Northeast, USA – https://carriez.bandcamp.com “My reconstruction of Satie’s lost piano work, ‘Psaumes’, written in 1895, consists of a cover of the album ‘Let Go’ by Avril Lavigne, published in 2002, in its entirety.”
- carrie z – ‟Nocturnes (1919) – 5” – Satie: Complete Piano Works – Volume 9 (2020) – Northeast, USA – https://carriez.bandcamp.com “If you listen to and support my music then i’ll make more of it, so be careful.”
- The Burning Hell – ‟It Happens in Florida” – Tick Tock (2006) – Peterborough, Ontario, Canada – http://www.myspace.com/mathiaskom
- Rester från Väster (“Leftovers from the west”) – ‟Kärleken (It Happens In Florida)” – (Burning Hell Cover Video) (2020) – Göteborg, Sweden – https://youtu.be/IWYTc1ZSc94 Recorded in the coal cellar during Covid. Anders Eriksson, acc
- Deep Listening Band – ‟Section II: Lapis Lazuli” (full track on podcast) – Dunrobin Sonic Gems: A Live Recording Simulating the Cistern Acoustics (2014) – Recorded at the Dunrobin Sonic Gym in Ottawa, Canada – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauline_Oliveros http://www.deeplistening.org http://paulineoliveros.us
Bruce commented on the Palestinian Campaign for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Cultural Boycott: https://bdsmovement.net/cultural-boycott
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