Accordion Noir radio playlist 2019-05-15: Something On The Air

Accordion Noir 2019-05-15: Something On The Air

Tonight’s episode is our standard heady melange of round-the-world squeezebox styles (just tick off the boxes — Finland, Puerto Rico by way of New York, Montreal, the Dominican Republic) plus a couple of relevant items Bruce simply couldn’t wait another week without sharing — a piece celebrating the anniversary of the birth of 1930s French/Belgian button accordion virtuoso Gus Viseur, plus an initial tune from Hey Wow!, fantastically demonstrating an accordion path not travelled by western popular culture.  You’ll be hearing more out of them as we approach their album release, but in the meantime, you can hear this week’s episode online courtesy of the Internet Archive — and peruse the contents of its playlist below:

* Maria Kalaniemi / Musiikkia Näytelmään – Nibe – Niskavuoren Nuori Emäntä (2004) – Finland – music for theatre performance, includes new compositions plus three pieces from older albums.
* Hey, Wow – Pour boire, il faut vendre – (2019) – Ottawa, Ontario, Canada – http://www.heywow.ca
* Balún – Ultravioleta (feat. Henry Cole) – Prisma Tropical (2018) – Brooklyn, New York / Puerto Rico, USA – http://www.balunonline.com/
* Jordi Rosen – Morse Code – Madame Xavier (2001) – Montréal, Québec, Canada – http://www.myspace.com/jordirosen (Is there still Myspace?)
* Gus Viseur – Ombrages – Swing Accordion – http://www.hmboutique.com/
* La India Canela – Con el Gusto Adentro (With the Flavor Inside) – Merengue Típico from the Dominican Republic (2008) – La República Dominicana – http://www.folkways.si.edu/ Accordionist Lidia María Hernández López.
* They Might Be Giants – We Want A Rock – Flood (1990) – http://www.theymightbegiants.com/
* Panic! At The Disco – Build God, Then We’ll Talk – A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out (2005) – Los Vegas, Nevada, USA – http://www.panicatthedisco.com/
* Orkestar Kriminal – Dos Ganevl – RyOBRA (2018) – Montreal, Quebec, Canada – http://orkestarkriminal.com
* Wendy McNeill – Animal – For The Wolf, A Good Meal (2011) – Canada and now Sweden – http://www.wendymcneill.com/
* Sapo – 1000 Violets – Accordion Babes 2019 (2018) – Montreal, Quebec, Canada –
* Those Darn Accordions – Cocktails In Tehran – Squeeze Machine (2007) – San Francisco Bay Area, California, USA – http://www.thosedarnaccordions.com/index.htm
* Conjunto Bernal – Mi Unico Camino (al Espacio) – My Mac and old Tube Amp (0) – San Antonio, Texas, USA – http://www.arhoolie.com/

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