GRAMOPHONEY BALONEY: celebrates Accordion Awareness and African American Music Month!
June 21, 2012
These fine radio folks down in the Bay Area posted a fun episode of mostly accordion music (They’ve now done three episodes so far!).
I want that Carter Family Chet Baker record, and there’s a few more I’d like to get.
[Below is all taken from their site]

PLAYLIST:
- “Koma ichôshi (excerpt)” by the Music Section of the Imperial Household Agency from “Japanese Traditional Music – Gagaku – Buddhist Chant – Kokusai Bunka Shinokai 1941”
- “Corn Bread Rough” by Huddie Ledbetter from “Global Accordion – Early Recordings”
- “Piraten” by Hugo Johansson & Axel Sjöholm “Dragspelare från Dalarna – Kommersiella inspelningar 1909-48 / Accordion Players from Dalarna in Sweden – Commerical recordings from 1909-48”
- “The Heath’ry Breeze” by P.J. Conlon from “Oldtime Records – Vol. 1 U.S. Recordings”
- “El Amor De Panchita” by Narciso Martínez from “Norteño & Tejano Accordion Pioneers – 1929-1939”
- “Polski Taniec” by Aleksander Iwanowski “Edison Sound Recordings – (Humorous Songs)”
- “Übaschen Übaschen” by Weiß Ferdl from “München – Volkssänger – Rare Schellacks 1902-1948”
- “Qlaqt Oumellit” by Cheïkh Elafrit from “Volume 2 – Les Succès Des Années 30 (musique Populaire Tunisienne)”
- “Aubade Charmeuse” by Jean Vaissade from “Django Reinhardt – Musette to Maestro 1928-1937– The early work of a guitar genius”
- “Cornbread And ‘Lasses” by Carter Sisters & Mother Maybelle with Chet Atkins from “1949”
- “Norah Creina” by Delia Murphy & Michael O’Higgins from “The Legendary Queen of Irish Folk Singers”
- “Flowers of Edinburgh (excerpt)” by W.F. Cameron from “Melodeon Greats – A Collection Of Melodeon Masterpieces”
- “Mazowea” by Fundi Konde from “Retrospective Volume 1 1947-1956”
- “Viva la giga” by Caesare Pezzolo from “Global Accordion – Early Recordings”
- “Lannen Lokari (The Western Logger)” by Hiski Salomaa from “Stranded in the USA – early Songs of Emigration”
- “La Cucaracha” by Paz Flores & Francisco Montalvo from “Norteño & Tejano Accordion Pioneers – 1929-1939”
- “Smyneiko Minore” by Zounaras Me Armonika from “Rembetika 2 – More of the Secret History of Greece’s Underground Music”
- “The Wave On The Sea” by Carter Sisters & Mother Maybelle with Chet Atkins from “1949”
- Interview with Maureen Gosling
- “Bessarabia Doina” by Mishka Ziganoff from “Squeeze Play – A World Accordion Anthology”
- “Innisfail Special” by The Innisfail Orchestra from “Oldtime Records – Vol. 1 U.S. Recordings”
- “Dormi E Riposa” by G. Gangone from “Squeeze Play – A World Accordion Anthology”
- “Politikos Sirtos” by Papatzis-Tzakiris from “Squeeze Play – A World Accordion Anthology”
- “The Cherry Blossom” by Frank Quinn from “Farewell To Ireland”
- “The Rose In The Heather/ The Frost Is All Over (Jigs)” by Joe Magure’s Pride Of Erin Orchestra from “Past Masters Of Irish Dance Music”
- “Poet and Peasant Overture” by Guido Deiro from “Complete Recorded Works, Volume 1”
- “Italian Army March” by Guido Deiro from “Complete Recorded Works, Volume 1”
- “Palmatória (exceprt)” by Manezinho Araújo from “De Bahía aux sertões 1939-1955 – Brésil: les chants de la mer et de la terre”
Very interesting article!
Accordion ASCII art? I can’t believe you’re not my co-host Rowan. We should feature you on here!