Accordion Noir radio playlist 2011-05-11: Squeezeburgers!

AccNoir 2011-05-11

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.com

Tonight’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=false

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