2022 Accordion Noir Semi-Yearly Gift Guide!

Five times now (2011, 2012, 2013, 2019, 2020), we’ve issued a guide for accordionic giving for the squeezy people on your Holiday list. There are a lot of grifters out there angling to intercept your free-reed dollars, so we consider it a public service to recommend quality goods from upstanding sources.

Donate to Co-op Radio!

We’re so grateful for all Accordion Noir’s supporters at our home broadcaster, Vancouver’s CFRO Co-op Radio! Please give a gift for a friend or family member, become a monthly sustaining donor 🤩, or add an end-of-the-year donation. (Accordion Noir 🍌🪗 shirts available at the Co-op Radio online store.)

2023 Accordion Babes Album & Pin-up Calendar

The number-one physical gift in this year’s guide is something everyone can use the day after New Year’s Eve. It gives us great pleasure to announce that the amazing Accordion Babes album / pin-up calendar is back for 2023! We will have a couple of these locally here in Vancouver, or you can order them directly from Accordion Babes founder/producer/rock-star Renée de la Prade. ❤️‍🔥🪗

Seasonal Squeezy Cards by Jenny Ritter

Get your gift-giving looking wintery (in the Northern Hemisphere). Only one card is specifically accordionic, though many of the others are musical in nature. 🪕🎻🎄❄️ Designed by our colleague Jenny on Mayne Island, you can get a mixed set of all five cards for $25. If you’re interested, e-mail her directly at: jrvictoria1 at gmail dot com

Accordion Books are Always in Season!

🪗📚Since Bruce started researching (and then publishing in 2019) ACCORDION REVOLUTION: A People’s History of the Accordion in North America, books have taken a prominent place in our gift lists… but why shouldn’t they? A full-sized accordion features 120 buttons, why wouldn’t it warrant at least 120 pages, or a shelf full of 120 🪗 books?

This year saw Seattle’s Petosa Accordions factory release AN AMERICAN ACCORDION STORY, celebrating their family business’ first hundred years in operation. 🪗 Lily E. Hirsch‘s “WEIRD AL SERIOUSLY” is now out in an expanded paperback edition and also as an audiobook! 🪗 John “Bermuda” Schwartz continues in his photodocumentation of his boss “Weird” Al with a second volume of behind-the-scenes, all-access photos — this time in colour — in LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACCORDION! 🪗 And if you saw the movie, now there’s a comic book: The Illustrated Al: The Songs of “Weird Al” Yankovic, available in several editions with bonus Weird swag.

TRÉSORS DE LAMES, accordéons bandonéons, by Laurent Jarry.

TRÉSORS DE LAMES, accordéons bandonéons. If you really want to blow an accordionist’s mind, get them this masterpiece. 🥰 Large coffee-table style book has photos of 275 beautiful instruments over 300 pages. It’s just smaller than a 12″ vinyl record but weighs almost 6 pounds (2.5 kg)! Above is a slightly blurry video which doesn’t do justice to the amazing photos. Go to the author’s site for way better images from the book. The accordionist in your life will never forget this gift. Available for about €50 plus shipping from the author’s wonderful 🪗 shop in France.

Support Accordionists via #AccordionBandcamp! ❤️‍🔥🪗

One of the best ways listen to music recordings while supporting artists is Bandcamp. The last two weeks of Accordion Noir episodes (Nov 23 and Nov 30) led up to the Dec. 2nd Bandcamp Friday when 100% (well not quite, 92%) of proceeds go directly to artists. Hard to imagine a better deal without offering to pay your favorite accordionist’s rent directly. [Row – Silly Bruce, musicians get their rent paid by sub-letting during the summer festival tour season!] Ordering on Bandcamp any day gives 82% of your money to the artists, so give a gift any time. Bandcamp Gift Cards are great for giving to 🪗 f(r)iends and loved ones; and one of the designs (you can print out to share instantly) even has an accordion on it! 🌞🪕🎻🪗 🌵

Accordion Noir has done a series of #AccordionBandcamp episodes with 100% 🪗 Bandcamp recommendations. Here’s ten hour-long episodes full of great squeezeboxers on Bandcamp! Give them a listen and click the links on these playlists (even more all Bandcamp Squeezebox shows). Go right to artists’ Bandcamp pages to give them your support. Some even have physical merch like Cormac Begley’s CDs shaped like concertinas, or Ratas en Zelo’s awesome shirts and ears! 🪗 🐭

Acordeón Hub Norteño Swag

Stickers, car air-fresheners 😎, t-shirts, and chord charts for norteño players and other 3-row diatonic accordionists. And 2023 Acordeón Origami Desktop Calendars! (Only ships to the US for now.)

Bruce’s Accordion Revolution Bookshop:

Accordion Revolution bookmark stickers. Ninja Accordion Button/Badges! (A stealthy 🪗 joke. Choose from Six Register-Switch badges.) And the Annotated Edition of Accordion Revolution on cute 🪗 USB Flash Drives!

You may recall the Etsy Strike of April 2022. That gave birth to the Indie Seller’s Guild, who are working to improve treatment of vendors on all platforms, not just Etsy. I am proudly vendor #16 of hundreds and you can find their shops to support them here!

In addition to his own Accordion Revolution shop, Bruce has collected twin lists of Cool Squeezebox Stuff and Accordion Figurine-a-Rama from other Etsy vendors. (If you want to get him a present, 🪗 salt and pepper shakers are always a hit. OMG, look at KatieGamb’s remorseful cat! 😿)

Happy Squeezing from Rowan & Bruce! Visit us on #AccordionMastodon!

If you’ve enjoyed our time on #AccordionTwitter, you can join us as we investigate herding #AccordionMastodon at @AccordionBruce@mastodon.social and @accordionnoir@zirk.us. Follow hashtags like #Accordion, #Concertina, #Melodeon, or maybe #FolkMusic or #Ethnomusicology. Boost each other’s posts, and we’ll see how that goes. Also, if you want to support alternatives to billionaires, set up a one-time or regular donation to a Mastodon project of your choice. ❤️‍🔥🪗🦣

Accordion Noir radio playlist 2022-12-07: Accordion Noir’s (counts to self…) Sixteenth Anniversary!

Bruce was feeling the weight of the years this week, as you can see from his song selections, not just because we are getting old, but — because Accordion Noir itself is getting old! This week’s episode was the 16th anniversary of its first going on the air back in December of 2006 (and I gotta say, we’d all be feeling a lot older still if we were still broadcasting from 2-3 in the morning like we were at that time!) Still squeezy after all those years. 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–2022-12-07, Accordion Noir’s (counts to self…) Sixteenth Anniversary!

THE ACCORDION BABES PIN-UP CALENDAR
https://accordionpinupcalendar.com

I talked about this video on #Accordion #Mastodon this week:
TOPETTE!! Just Heavy
https://youtu.be/hgygYNcyGms

*  Join the Vancouver Tenants 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
* Miss Natasha Enquist – ‟The Anniversary Song (Danube Waves)” – Accordion Babes 2020 Pin-up Calendar CD (2020) – Victoria, BC, Canada – http://accordionpinupcalendar.com/ www.NatashaEnquist.com
* Renée de la Prade and Culann’s Hounds – ‟Try and Try” – Accordion Babes 2009 Pin-up Calendar CD (2008) – San Francisco Bay Area, California, USA – www.SqueezeBoxGoddess.com
* BU☆LI – ‟Papapa” – Chitty Chitty (2005) – Sapporo City, Japan – http://www.myspace.com/buli1993 http://www.sister.co.jp/english/catalog_e_benten.html

TOPETTE!! Just Heavy
https://youtu.be/hgygYNcyGms

I talked about the English #FolkMusic bands in this next set on #Accordion #Mastodon earlier today:
* Topette!! – ‟Just Heavy” – Bourdon (2022) – UK / France – https://www.topette.co.uk https://topette.bandcamp.com Andy Cutting, Diatonic acc and melodeon
* Spiro – ‟The White Hart” – Lightbox (2011) – United Kingdom – www.spiromusic.com https://spiromusic.bandcamp.com/album/lightbox
* Bellowhead – ‟Let Union Be” – Revival (2014) – England – http://www.bellowhead.co.uk/
* Richard Buckner – ‟Six Years” – Bloomed (1995) – California / New York, USA – http://www.richardbuckner.com/
* Jack Garton & Demon Squadron – ‟700 Years” – Move the Mess Around (2016) – Galiano Island, British Columbia, Canada – https://jackgarton.com
* The Vitak-Elsnic Collection [Alex Meixner] – ‟Snow Waltz” – Then And Now (2015) – http://alexmeixner.com/
* Tequila Mockingbird Orchestra – ‟25 Years” – Follow My Lead, Lead Me To Follow (2012) – Victoria, British Columbia, Canada – www.ttmo.ca
* Gerry Mulligan/Astor Piazzolla – ‟Years of Solitude” – Gerry Mulligan/Astor Piazzolla (0) – Argentina, New York?
* Tom Waits – ‟Strange Weather [Live]” – Big Time (1988) – California, USA – http://www.tomwaits.com/
* Figgy Duff – ‟Weather Out The Storm” – Weather Out the Storm (1989) – St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada – http://www.ambermusic.ca/artist_figgyduff.htm
* Geoff Berner – ‟Beautiful In My Eyes” – We Shall Not Flag Or Fail, We Shall Go On To The End (2003) – Vancouver, BC, Canada – http://www.geoffberner.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 giving Twitter a break 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 2012-11-28: Accordion Rescue Squad

From ten years ago, here’s episode 313 of CFRO Co-Op Community Radio’s weekly Accordion Noir radio broadcast, showcasing an hour of the wildest and wooliest squeezebox music from all around the planet!  I don’t see a thematic connection deeper than that running through this episode’s selection of squeezy tunes, but is one really necessary?  (SPOILER WARNING: no, this is sufficient as it is.)  If you missed it the first time around or have simply forgotten how it went, you can enjoy listening to the broadcast as digital audio courtesy of the Internet Archive.  Here’s its playlist: 

AccNoir-2012-11-28, Accordion Rescue Squad

* Amelia Curran – Mad World, Outlive Me – Hunter, Hunter (2009) – St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada – http://www.ameliacurran.com/
* Hannah James & Sam Sweeney – Polska – Catches & Glees (2009) – Sheffield , UK – http://www.hannahandsam.co.uk/
* Silverio Pessoa – Amor De Capinheiro – Bate O Manca – O Povo Dos Canaviais (2000) – Brazil (Brasil) – http://www.silveriopessoa.com.br/
* The Tom Fun Orchestra – Boxcar Lullaby – Earthworm Heart (2012) – Cape Breton Island, Canada – http://www.pigeonrow.com/the-tom-fun-orchestra-earthworm-heart/
* The Missouri Mountaineers, Jack Shook (leader), Mac McGar, fiddle – Open Up Them Pearly Gates – Blue Ridge Institute & Museum of Ferrum College (194) – Possibly recorded from WDBJ Roanoke Country Radio, Virginia, USA – http://www.blueridgeinstitute.org – also see the Digital Library of Appalachia, http://www.aca-dla.org/
* Viola Turpeinen – Two Row Accordion, Polka – Viola Turpeinen – American hanuriprinsessa Vol. 4 1949 -1951 (1949) – Champion, Michigan, USA / Finland
* Entourloupe – L’alambic / l’accroche-pied / AndrŽ ˆ Toto – Les Choux Pis Des Melons (2000) – Quebec, Canada
* Dwight Lamb – Quadrille (Fra Tyskland uddrog …) – Live in Denmark 2010 (2011) – Denmark – http://www.gofolk.dk
* David Wax Museum – Harder Before It Gets Easier – Knock Knock Get Up (2012) – Amherst, Massachusetts (most recently), USA – http://www.davidwaxmuseum.com/Site/Home.html
* Dm Lafortune – If They Take Us In The Morning – Beauty And Hard Times (0) – Toronto, Ontario, Canada – http://www.mamadhorizondancer.ca
* The Rakish Angles – Any Time at Anytime – Track 10
* Taraf de Haidouks – Dumbala Dumba – Taraf de Haidouks (1999) – Romany

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 giving Twitter a break 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 2022-11-30: Last Bandcamp Friday Before Solstice

Go On A Bat, Accordion

Because the holiday giving season is nigh upon us (did you see the new edition of our accordion gift guide just dropped?), we are really hyping up Bandcamp Friday (this Friday) and encouraging people to purchase music from #AccordionBandcamp. That means this is another episode of our alt-squeezebox program devoted to the wildest free-reed music being sold on that online storefront today! We just can’t get enough of it and, hopefully, neither can you. 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-2022-11-30, Last Bandcamp Before Solstice

* Join the Vancouver Tenants Union – https://www.vancouvertenantsunion.ca
* PIQSIQ – ‟Ikitaa” – (Single, 2022) – Canada – http://www.piqsiq.com/
https://piqsiq.bandcamp.com
* ‟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
* Le Winston Band – ‟Retomber en enfance” – (Single, 2022) – Montreal, Quebec, Canada – http://www.lewinstonband.com/
https://lewinstonband.bandcamp.com
* Lido Pimienta – ‟Eso Que Tu Haces” – Miss Colombia (2020) – Toronto, Ontario,  Canada   – https://lidopimienta.bandcamp.com
* Canailles – ‟Ronds-Points” – Ronds-Points (2014) – Montreal, Quebec, Canada – http://canailles.bandcamp.com
* Mary Beth Carty – ‟Dear Island” – Crossing the Causeway (2022) – Nova Scotia, Canada – https://marybethcarty.bandcamp.com
* Joanna Chapman-Smith & Friends – ‟A Glass of Right & Wrong (Contraries)” – Holiday Gift Basket (2011) – Vancouver, BC, Canada – http://joannacs.bandcamp.com
* Lindy Gray – ‟Love’s in the Fire” – Ripe For Revival (2014) – Vancouver, BC, Canada – https://lindyandthecrowsnest.bandcamp.com   Katheryn Peterson, acc.
* Entire Cities – ‟Turbines” – Deep River (2008) – Toronto, Ontario, Canada  – https://entirecities.bandcamp.com Josh Lyon, plays acc in the Gertrudes too!
* Geoff Berner – ‟Vilne” – Grand Hotel Cosmopolis (2019) – Vancouver, BC, Canada – www.geoffberner.com
https://geoffberner.bandcamp.com/album/grand-hotel-cosmopolis
* Christopher Cape – ‟Feel the Same” – The Biggest Lie (2013) – Guelph, Ontario, Canada – christophercape.bandcamp.com
* james lamb – ‟Date With a Wrecking Ball” –  Imagineering (2012) – Toronto, Ontario, Canada – https://imagineering.bandcamp.com/album/imagineering, http://www.saraciantar.com/
* Jordi Rosen – ‟Chamber Of My Heart” – Lotus (2005) – Montréal, Québec, Canada – www.jordirosen.com
https://jordirosen.bandcamp.com
* Zrada – ‟Ukrainian Lion” – Ethnomachina (2017) – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada – https://zradamusic.com
https://zradamusic.bandcamp.com
* Trio Martin Bellemare – ‟Insolitement vôtre” – Appellation Musette Nouveau (2017) – Montreal, Quebec, Canada – http://martinbellemare.com/https://triomartinbellemare.bandcamp.com Martin Bellemare, acc; Christine Tassan, gtr; Greg Buckles, bass

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 giving Twitter a break 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 2012-11-21: Rowan at the Helm!

From ten years ago, here’s episode 312 of CFRO Co-Op Community Radio’s weekly hour-long Accordion Noir broadcast, squeezing the wildest alt-accordion musics from all around the globe out onto the airwaves.  Looking at the playlist and the episode title, I, your humble author [Rowan] must conclude that this was one of those weeks that, for whatever reason, the regular host Bruce was unavailable to hold down live on the air.  No worries, I didn’t live far from the station!  I had also run out of my personal stash of accordion music, but from the looks of things I leaned heavily on my wife’s iTunes library to provide the free reed tunes in this week’s broadcast.  If you missed it the first time around (or could simply benefit from a refresher), please feel welcome to enjoy listening to it again as digital audio courtesy of the Internet Archive.  Here’s its playlist: 

* DeVotchKa – Contrabanda – 100 Lovers (2011) – Maybe “Earth,” maybe “Denver, Colorado, USA” – http://www.devotchka.net/
* Andy Fielding – Acc Noir theme song
* P:ano – I Felt His Presents / Doing the Can Can
* Ewan MacColl And Peggy Seeger – Legal/Illegal – The Best of Broadside 1962-1988 [Disc 4] (1984) – – http://broadsidemagazine.com/
* The Coup – We’ve Got A Lot To Teach You, Cassius Green – Sorry To Bother You (2012) – Oakland, California, USA – Robbie Levin, acc.
* The Tom Fun Orchestra – Lungs – Earthworm Heart (2012) – Cape Breton Island, Canada – http://www.pigeonrow.com/the-tom-fun-orchestra-earthworm-heart/
* Kate & Anna McGarrigle – Allez-Vous-En – The McGarrigle Hour (1998) – Quebec, Canada – http://www.McGarrigles.com
* Tanita Tikaram – It All Came Back Today
* Kim Barlow – Old Woman
* Paul Simon – That Was Your Mother
* Talking Heads – Mommy Daddy You And I
* Bruce Springsteen – Stolen Car #1
* Jodi Gilbert – Silcing Silence [Sinister Singing]
* The Decemberists – The Chimbley Sweep – Her Majesty The Decemberists (2003) – Portland, Oregon, USA – http://www.decemberists.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 giving Twitter a break 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 2022-11-23: Prepare for Bandcamp Friday Two Weeks Early!

Paper Foldable accordion calendar

Once a month, on Bandcamp Friday — the magical first Friday of the month! — the Bandcamp e-storefront hosts a sale of sorts for the digital music sold there. The price doesn’t actually go down, but the company’s share of the revenue goes to the recording artists, so it’s a little perk for them. We devote roughly one episode every month to #AccordionBandcamp, because getting musicians paid their fair share has never been easy, and Covid has been making it even harder for years now. In any event, there’s another such occasion coming up soon, but Bruce has another theme lined up for its week’s episode of our weekly alt-squeezebox broadcast out of CFRO Co-Op Community Radio. So we celebrated December’s Bandcamp Friday early this week! 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-2022-11-23, Prepare for Bandcamp Friday Two Weeks Early!

Save these Tracks in your bandcamp cart and send 100% of proceeds to artists on Friday, Dec 2. (The last #BandcampFriday in 2022)

Learn more at:
http://isitbandcampfriday.com

* Support the Vancouver Tenants 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
* Sóley – ‟1” – Harmóník (2017) – Rykjavik, Iceland – https://soley.bandcamp.com
* Rob Curto – ‟Port Richmond Waltz” – Goat Waltz (2022) – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA – http://robcurto.bandcamp.com/http://robcurto.com/
* Mary Beth Carty – ‟Blueberry Mountain” – Crossing the Causeway (2022) – Nova Scotia, Canada – https://marybethcarty.bandcamp.com
* Katzen Kapell – ‟13 Juni Triste” – Min Barndoms Ragadang (at studio decibel 1986) (1986) – Stockholm, Sweden – Catharina Backman, acc.
https://katzenkapell.bandcamp.com (released in 2021)
* Famous Grouse – ‟Make too Much” – (Single) (2021) – Boston, Massachusetts, USA – https://famousgrouse.bandcamp.com
* Aranis – ‟Finale” – Songs From Mirage (2009) – Belgium – http://www.aranis.be/  MaRjolein Cools, acc.
* Zrada – ‟Mazury” – Ethnomachina (2017) – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada – https://zradamusic.com
https://zradamusic.bandcamp.com
* Flowk – ‟Sr. Clenque” – Trobada (2022) – Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain – https://www.facebook.com/delpinocardona/
https://flowk.bandcamp.com/album/flowk
* Emily Portman & Rob Harbron – ‟The Healths” – Time Was Away (2022) – UK – http://www.emilyportman.co.uk
https://robharbron.com (Rob plays English Concertina in Leveret)
https://emilyandrob.uk/
https://emilyandrob.bandcamp.com/
* Kepa Junkera – ‟Cançó De Dona I Home” – FOK (2017) – Basque Country, Europe – https://kepajunkera.bandcamp.com/album/fok  http://www.kepajunkera.eus  Kepa Junkera, Basque trikitixa acc.
* Guy Klucevsek – ‟Anthony Coleman – Medjunarodni Nacin Polka” – Polka from the Fringe (2012) – New York State, USA – http://starkland.bandcamp.com
* Vinta – ‟Waltz” – Vinta Plays Melchior (2022) – Toronto, Ontario, Canada – https://vinta.bandcamp.com
Accordionist Elisabeth Melchior (1926-1999) was from the Wallonia region of Belgium. John David Williams: acc, clarinet; Emilyn Stam: fiddle, acc; Nathan Smith: fiddle; Robert Alan Mackie: bass

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) — actually, now late in 2022, it seems that Bruce has given up on Twitter entirely, and you can find both entities instead on 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 2012-11-14: Autumn-ation

From ten years ago, here’s an archival episode (number 312) of CFRO Co-Op Community Radio’s weekly hour-long Accordion Noir broadcast, sharing the greatest alt-squeezebox music from around the globe.  I can’t see from the playlist that it features any theme more focused than that, but even when we’re thematically vague, our curation is solid.  If you missed hearing it the first time around, you can give it another whirl as digital audio served up from the Internet Archive.  Here’s its playlist:

AccNoir-2012-11-14, Autumn-ation

* La Bergere – (Et Puis) Elle Allait – Fi De L’eau (2006) – marais, Centre France – http://www.labergere.net
* Figgy Duff – Centennial Highway Reel/ Cooley’s Reel – After The Tempest (1982) – St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada – http://www.ambermusic.ca/artist_figgyduff.htm
* Nathan – Malana – Stranger (2001) – Winnipeg, Canada – http://www.nathanmusic.ca/homepage.html
* De Danann All Stars – Coleraine Jig – Derrane’s – John Stenson’s – Moher Reel – The Star Spangled Molly (1978) – County Galway, Ireland (etc) – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Dannan
* The Kit Cat Band – Sam The Old Accordion Man – The Kit Cat Band Play Hot Music (2010) –
* Roy Hogsed and the Rainbow Riders – Cocaine Blues – (Single, reached Number 15 on the Country charts in 1948) (1948) – Arkansas, USA – http://doctorfuckwit.wordpress.com/2011/05/25/doctor-fuckwits-the-thrill-that-kills/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocaine_Blues http://countrydiscography.blogspot.ca/2009/08/roy-hogsed.html Gene Dewez, acc.
* Al Dexter – Saturday Night Boogie – compliments of grimriper2u@yahoo.com (1947) – http://www.captaincrawl.com/f.php?link=http://www.archive.org/details/AlDexter-01-08&title=Al%20Dexter-01-08&pos=0&q=al+dexter
* Bixy Guidry & Percy Babineaux – I Am Happy Now – Cajun – Rare & Authentic: 1929 – 1934 (1929) –
* Al Dexter & His Troopers – Pistol Packin’ Mama – Doughboys Playboys & Cowboys: The Golden Years of Western Swing – Oakie Boogie [Disc 4] (1942) – Paul Sells, acc. http://www.propermusic.com/ (My local record shop manages to order these great collections outside of Europe…. They are so great.)
* Mark Berube – Rhapsody Of The Yellow Raincoat – Sketches From The Sidewalk (2003) – Vancouver, BC, Canada – http://www.markberube.com/ (Berube and Ray Faoro, acc.)
* La Bottine Souriante – Ciel d’automne (Autumn Sky) – Rock & Reel (1998) – Montreal, Quebec, Canada – Denis Frechette, accordeon piano, Yves Lambert, accordeon 3 rangees http://bottinesouriante.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 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 2022-11-16: Our Best Fundraiser Yet!

Last night’s episode of CFRO Co-Op Community Radio’s weekly hour-long Accordion Noir broadcast has a topic beyond our usual “great squeezy tunes from all over the planet” theme — often we find ourselves revisiting comforting old past favorite songs that have previously aired, but Bruce often reflects on just how much music there is in his “Play These Next Show” directory, that he never quite gets around to. Well here it is! In honour of CFRO’s fall member drive, allowing you to (if you like) support our parent radio station responsible for keeping us on the air all these years, he has (finally!) gotten around to airing the eminently worthwhile tip of that excellent iceberg! Delightful as our classics are, perhaps we will see further selections from that splendid well of fresh music going forward? Only time can tell!  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!

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* ‟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
* Aldo Granato – ‟Saïda” – La Noche (2006) – Belgium – https://www.facebook.com/aldogranato
* Le Winston Band – ‟Pagaille” – (Single) (2021) – Montreal, Quebec, Canada – http://www.lewinstonband.com/
https://lewinstonband.bandcamp.com
* Caamaño&Ameixeiras – ‟Transatlántico” – Aire! (2021) – Galicia, Spain – https://es.caamanoameixeiras.com  Sabela Caamaño (chromatic button acc) and Antía Ameixeiras (violin and voice)
* Dusminguet – ‟Mi Arte” – Postrof (2001) – Catalonia, Spain, sort of. – https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dusminguet
* The Creole Belles – ‟Johnnie Billy Goat” – Creole Belles (2008) – Louisiana, USA – www.creolebelles.com
* Mother Mother – ‟Mamma Told Me” – Mother (2005) – Vancouver, BC, Canada – http://www.motherband.com/site.html
* They Might Be Giants – ‟She’s An Angel” – They Might Be Giants (1986) – New York, USA  – www.tmbg.com
* Flowk – ‟Bon matí” – Trobada (2022) – Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain – https://www.facebook.com/delpinocardona/
https://flowk.bandcamp.com/album/flowk
* Frank Edgley – ‟Archie’s Fancy/Elsie Marley/The Muckin’ Of Geordie’s Byre” – Anglo International (0) – Ontario(?), Canada – http://www.angloconcertina.co.uk/www.concertinas.ca
* Mahotella Queens – ‟Nomshloshazana” – Kazet (2005) – South Africa / Madagascar – www.marabi.net  Regis Gizavo, acc.
* Balfa Toujours – ‟Le canard a Bois Sec” – Deux Voyages (2011) – Louisiana, USA – http://www.balfatoujours.com/
* Monster Ceilidh Band – ‟Twisted Bridge” – Mutation (2017) – Manchester, England, UK – https://haystackrecords.bandcamp.com/album/monster-ceilidh-band-mutation
https://monsterceilidhband.co.uk  Amy Thatcher, piano acc
* Conjunto Aztlan – ‟Yo Soy Tu Hermano, Soy Chicano” – Rolas De Aztlan : Songs Of The Chicano Movement (1999) –  – https://folkways.si.edu/rolas-de-aztlan-songs-of-the-chicano-movement/american-folk-latin/music/album/smithsonian
* Tom Waits – ‟Cold Cold Ground [Live]” – Big Time (1988) – California, USA – http://www.tomwaits.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 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 2012-11-07: Blankity Blank Blank

AccNoir 2012-11-07

From ten years ago, here’s episode 311 of CFRO Co-Op Community Radio’s weekly hour-long Accordion Noir broadcast.  From poring over the evidence before me, I think I can safely assert that this episode didn’t boast any particular theme other than our faithful standard — of delivering up a deliciously varied set of squeezebox musics representing a wide variety of musical traditions from different cultures all over the world!  If you’ve got to have a “same old”, that’s not a bad one to have.  If you missed it the first time around, you can enjoy listening again as digital audio courtesy of the Internet Archive.  Here’s its playlist: 

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* Shawn Colvin – American Jerusalem – All Fall Down (2012) – Carbondale, Illinois, USA (etc.) – http://www.shawncolvin.com/ john Deaderick, acc. (Bill Frisell is on this too I think.)
* The Give ’em Hell Boys – Drink Until I Drown – Barn Burner (2012) – Edmonton, Alberta, Canada – http://www.giveemhellboys.com
* Tequila Mockingbird Orchestra – 25 Years – Follow My Lead, Lead Me To Follow (2012) – Victoria, British Columbia, Canada – http://www.ttmo.ca
* Dardanelles – Josephine’s Jigs – The Eastern Light (2011) – Newfoundland, Canada – http://www.TheDarddanelles.com Aaron Collis, acc.
* Ostava – Accordion Song – Rock’N’Roll Song Designers? (2008) –
* Ennis – Ladies Lounge – The Fortunate Ones (2012) – St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada – EnnisMusic.com
* Melissa Bandura – Parting Song – Dark Dreams: Day (2012) – Vancouver, BC, Canada – http://www.MelissaBandura.com Katheryn Petersen, acc.
* Gus Viseur – Automne – 50 ans d’accordŽon 109 grands succs (disque 4) (0) – France – “Le swing”
* Bodega – Helyinagro – Under The Counter (2008) – Glasgow, Scotland – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodega_(band)
* Box Club – Benism – Box Club (2008) – Glasgow, Scotland – http://www.myspace.com/boxclub
http://www.boxclub.co.uk
* Lau – Banks Of Marble – Beginners Guide To Celtic CD2 Teine Geal – Bright Fire (0) – UK, Scotland/England/Orkney – http://www.lau-music.co.uk Martin Green, 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 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 2022-11-09: “Weird” Al Yankovic, Opportunistic Marathon Fundraiser Rebroadcast

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The obvious reason to rebroadcast these three episodes as one 3-hour “Weird” Al Marathon is that it’s the Co-op Radio Fundraiser! And it took a tremendous amount of work putting them together to broadcast the first time. And, oh yeah, there’s this movie we can coat-tail on. But Al’s films have historically all bombed, so hopefully it won’t matter that I forgot to mention it when I updated the shows with new information from the other artists we interviewed. Maybe Al’s fans won’t be weird about it because there’s lots of other great stuff in these episodes, which you might have missed even if you already listened to them last year. So listen again, next year there will be a quiz. But if by chance you haven’t heard, Al’s new movie is quality non-fiction filmmaking as seen on the History Channel. But you of course already know that if you’re even considering listening to three hours of Weird radio/podcast, so it probably isn’t the end of the world that I forgot to mention that Al has a new movie, which could be eligible for awards as both best documentary and best fictional drama. So listen to our show while you make a whole lot of popcorn before watching the movie, and then donate to Co-op Radio, and tell them Accordion Noir sent you.
🪗 Bruce

We’re living through weird times at the moment, and a resurgence of interest in the life and career of famously squeezy parodist “Weird” Al Yankovic is resulting from the recent release of his mockumentary biopic on Roku. For our parent radio station CFRO’s fall member drive, Bruce has taken the opportunity to remaster his three-episode suite dedicated to that peculiar subject from a year ago, bundled together as an omnibus complete with re-edited interviews with “Beer’d Al” podcaster Lauren Carey, Al authors Lily Hirsch and Nathan Rabin, longtime Yankovic sideman Jon “Bermuda” Schwartz and, well, the Weird One himself. 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:

• “Weird Al” Yankovic – ‟I’ll Be Mellow When I’m Dead” – “Weird Al” Yankovic (1983) – Lynnwood, California, USA – http://www.WeirdAl.com
• “Weird Al” Yankovic – ‟Polka Your Eyes Out” – Off The Deep End (1992)
• “Weird Al” Yankovic – interview – ‟Craigslist Brand Accordions”
• “Weird Al” Yankovic – ‟Love Lies Bleeding (Elton John)” – The Ridiculously Self-Indulgent, Ill-Advised Vanity Tour – Night 60 / May 18, 2018 – Turlock, California, USA –
  https://www.stitcher.com/show/weird-al-yankovic-the-ridiculously-selfindulgent-illadvised/episode/60-turlock-ca-54808691
• Lily E. Hirsch – “Weird Al Seriously” interview – ‟Expanded Edition” and ‟Seriously Funny” – http://www.lilyhirsch.com
• “Weird Al” Yankovic – ‟Lasagna” – Even Worse (1988) Parody of “La Bamba”
• Lily E. Hirsch – interview – ‟Accessible (and other books)” and ‟Funny Music Seriously (looking forward to her next book)”
• “Weird Al” Yankovic – ‟NOW That’s What I Call Polka!” – Mandatory Fun (2014)
• Lily E. Hirsch – interview – ‟Dispelling Catagories (what about the accordion, and food?)” and ‟The Accordion Cool as Hierarchies are Switched”
• Betty White’s How to Dance Course – ‟Heel and Toe, Skater’s Position (Man and Woman)” – How to POLKA (1960)
• “Weird Al” Yankovic – ‟Polka Party!” – Polka Party (1986)
• Lily E. Hirsch – interview – ‟Nice Person” and “I love Rocky Road”
• “Weird Al” Yankovic – ‟I Love Rocky Road” – “Weird Al” Yankovic (1983) – Parody of “I Love Rock And Roll” by Joan Jett
• Lily E. Hirsch – interview – ‟Fan of Fans” and “The Mean Weird Al Fan”
• Helen Ketcham – Introducing ‘Everything You Know is Wrong’ – Helen was so helpful getting this episode together!  Follow her on twitter! https://twitter.com/HelenOE
• “Weird Al” Yankovic – ‟Everything You Know Is Wrong” – Bad Hair Day (1996) Pastiche of They Might be Giants. (Journalists love Weird Al because they get to use words like “pastiche.”)
• “Weird Al” Yankovic – ‟Alternative Polka” – Bad Hair Day (1996) – Lynnwood, California, USA – www.WeirdAl.com Medley of….
• Jon “Bermuda” Schwartz interview – ‟Black & White & Weird All Over, Photo Book,” ‟Accordion Case Drumming”  – http://www.bermudaschwartz.com
• “Weird Al” Yankovic – ‟Another One Rides The Bus” (1983)
• “Weird Al” Yankovic – ‟Mr. Frump In The Iron Lung” – “Weird Al” Yankovic (1983) (With the musical air-valve)
• Jon “Bermuda” Schwartz interview – ‟Weird Al Polka Style”
• “Weird Al” Yankovic – ‟Polkas On 45” – In 3-D (1984) – See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stars_on_45
• Walter Ostanek – ‟Button Accordion Polka ” – I Like Frankie Yankovic (1969?) – Canada – http://walterostanekband.com/
• “Weird Al” Yankovic – ‟The Hamilton Polka” (2018)
• Lauren Carey, “Beer’d” Al Podcast Interview – ‟Beer’d Al podcast (Water Quality)” – https://www.beerdalpodcast.com/
• “Weird Al” Yankovic – ‟My Baby’s in Love with Eddie Vedder” – Running with Scissors (1999)
• “Weird Al” Yankovic – ‟Headline News” – Medium Rarities (Squeeze Box: Complete Works boxed set) (2017)
• Alfred Yankovic, Tom Walters, Jon Iverson, and Joel Miller – ‟Take Me Down” – Medium Rarities (November 24, 2017)
• The Creaking Planks – ‟Kiddie Closer” (2011) – Vancouver, BC, Canada – http://creakingplanks.com/
• “Weird Al” Yankovic – ‟Angry White Boy Polka” – Poodle Hat (2003) – Lynnwood, California, USA – www.WeirdAl.com
• “Weird Al” Yankovic – ‟Polka Power!” – Running with Scissors (1999)
• Nathen Rabin interview – ‟How Did This Start? / Gift That Keeps on Giving” – Nathen Rabin Weird Al Interview (2021) – https://www.nathanrabin.com
• “Weird Al” Yankovic – ‟My Bologna” – “Weird Al” Yankovic (1983) – Parody of “My Sharona” by The Knack www.WeirdAl.com
• Nathen Rabin interview – ‟Many Many Books / The Coloring Book”
• “Weird Al” Yankovic & Wendy Carlos – ‟Peter & the Wolf/Carnival of the Animals – Part II ” – Peter & the Wolf (1988) –  – http://www.wendycarlos.com
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_%26_the_Wolf_(%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic_%26_Wendy_Carlos_album)
• Nathen Rabin interview – ‟Music Today vs 1986 / Self Indulgent Projects”
• “Weird Al” Yankovic – ‟Classical Gas (Mason Williams)” – The Ridiculously Self-Indulgent, Ill-Advised Vanity Tour | Night 64, May 24, 2018 (2018) – Eugene, Oregon, USA – http://www.weirdal.com/
  https://www.stitcher.com/show/weird-al-yankovic-the-ridiculously-selfindulgent-illadvised/episode/64-eugene-or-54808772
• Ken Emerson & Jim “Kimo” West (w/”Weird” Al Yankovic, acc) – ‟Slack Key Polka” – Slackers In Paradise (2017) – Canada / California / Hawaii – https://jimkimowest.com
  https://jimkimowest.bandcamp.com
• Nathen Rabin interview – ‟Accordion on first album / Polka Nonsense”
• “Weird Al” Yankovic – ‟Bohemian Polka” – Alapalooza (1993) – Parody of “Bohemian Rhapsody” by Queen
• “Weird Al” Yankovic interview – ‟Always Have a Backup Accordion” – 2021-10-27
• “Weird Al” Yankovic – ‟Stop Draggin’ My Car Around” – “Weird Al” Yankovic (1983) – Parody of “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around” by Stevie Nicks with Tom Petty
• “Weird Al” Yankovic – ‟Pac-Man” – Squeeze Box: The Complete Works of “Weird Al” Yankovic (1981) – Parody of the Beatles’ “Tax Man”

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!