Accordion Noir radio playlist 2009-05-01: May Day Squeeze-Bloc!

AccNoir 2009-05-01

The very merry month of May begins with a worker’s holiday.  A little late out of the gate, but here’s how we celebrated that occasion ten years ago, making a whirlwind tour of territories formerly in the Eastern Bloc.  At its original online home, episode 127 achieved a high-water mark of 12916 listens… we are looking forward to meeting and beating that record at its new online host over at the Internet Archive, where you can hear it today and forever going forward.  Now here’s its playlist:

Accordion Noir: Playlist: May 1st, 2009: May Day with the Squeeze-Bloc!

Last show of the spring fund-drive! Thanks to our great donors!

Artist — Song – Album (Date) – sources?

Gregori Matusewitsch – Yidisher Melodien – Global Accordion: Early Recordings (1929) – Russia
Bill Mankiss – Accordion Polka – Echoes of Poland (?) – Canada – Arc Sound Records A561 (I still can’t figure out when this came out.)
Vladimir Denissenkov – Santa Russia – Guzulka (2004) – Ukraine, Russia? Italy – http://www.vladimirdenissenkov.com/
Play, Bayan! – Alcohol – Med Album (2006) – Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation – http://www.myspace.com/playbayan
http://www.igraigarmon.ru/music/index.htm
Friedrich Lips – I. Stravinsky: Tango – Cinema (2001) – Russia – http://www.accordion-cd.co.at/
Katya Dolorosa – Prettygirl Mountain Ash – Accordance with the Scriptures (2007) – Russia – http://community.livejournal.com/accordions/113762.html http://agentdanger.livejournal.com/
Iva Nova – Печаль (The Sorrow) – Chemodan (suitcase) (2006) – Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation – http://www.morezvukov.nl/ivanova.html
Bill Mankiss – Hi Dulli Dulli Polka – Echoes of Poland (still no date?) – Canada
Vladimir Sidorov – Concerto d’Aranguez, 2ième Mouvement – Boîte À Musique (2006) – Russia / Montreal, Quebec, Canada – http://www.vladimirsidorov.com/index_en.html
Ivan Koval – Auf verwachsenem Pfade – Das Akkordeon: Instrument der Melancholie (2001) – Czech Republic? – http://www.augemus.de/index/cds_solo+kammermusik.html
Terne Chave – More Love! (remix) – Czech Republic – This was given to us from the folks at “All over the Map,” a world-music show here on Co-op Radio.
Bill Mankiss – Jolly Painter Polka – Echoes of Poland (prize to whoever can help date this record) – Canada
Motion Trio – Balkan Dance – Pictures From The Street (2004) – Poland – http://www.motion-trio.art.pl/a2Home.html

This episode’s cover is some Russian toy-soldiers with their tank, and accordion! What else do you need? https://www.plasticmodelbouw.nl/download/?id=315863&maxSize=700

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