Accordion Noir radio playlist 2022-01-05: Year of Our Noir 2021

AccNoir 2022-01-05

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Phew, what an exhausting year! This one also seems likely to offer many of the same challenges that 2021 did… and also, lots of accordion music to help make it all worthwhile! Here we are, sharing the first episode of CFRO Co-Op Community Radio’s weekly Accordion Noir broadcast of 2022, and it looks like the curatorial theme Bruce was angling for in his playlist was squeezy music that was released in the 2021 calendar year. There you go! None of it is at peak freshness, but also none of it has really had the chance to yet grow stale. I am sure every listener will find a lot to enjoy here. 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:

* ‟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
* Hannah James and Toby Kuhn – ‟The Faint and Weary Traveller” – Sleeping Spirals (2021) – UK – https://hannahjames.bandcamp.com
* Spiers & Boden – ‟Yonder Banks” – Fallow Ground (2021) – England – https://spiersandboden.com
https://www.johnspiers.co.uk/
https://spiersboden.bandcamp.com
* Sakili – ‟Misie semiz afler” – Creole Sounds from the Indian Ocean (2021) – Reunion; Mauritius; Indian Ocean – www.arcmusic.co.uk
* WÖR – ‟Climate March (arr. P.V. Kerckhoven for chamber ensemble)” – About Towers (2021) – Belgium – www.wearewor.com  (pronounced ‘were’)  Fabio Di Meo, bari
sax; Bert Ruymbeek, chromatic button acc
* Claude Hurtubise – ‟Pour Oublier” – Accordion Babes 2021 Pin-up Calendar CD (2021) – Montreal, Quebec, Canada – https://accordionpinupcalendar.com/  www.claudehurtubise.com
* Slack Bird – ‟Pyllytä peto” – Hämärään (2021) – Finland – https://slackbird.bandcamp.com
* Granny’s Attic – ‟Watt’s Reel” – The Brickfields (2021) – Worcester, UK – www.grannysattic.org.uk Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne, Anglo Concertina/Melodeon
https://grannysattic.bandcamp.com/
* Alice Marcone & Gabeu – ‟Pistoleira” – (Video Single) (2021) – Brasil (Brazil) – https://countryqueer.com/reviews/video-review/noite-quente-alice-marcone/  https://countryqueer.com/stories/interview/the-queer-gunslingers-of-brazil/ Great Video: https://youtu.be/dFC8yYxZYKg
* Rachel Bell – ‟Porch Life/Myrtle Street” – Virtual Accordion Camp: Live From A Quarry!  (2021) – Vermont, USA – https://virtualaccordioncamp.bandcamp.com/
http://www.virtualaccordioncamp.com/
* Mel Biggs – ‟Silver Linings” – From Darkness Comes Light (2021) – England, UK – http://www.melbiggsmusic.co.uk/
https://melbiggsmusic.bandcamp.com
Interview: https://darrensmusicblog.com/2021/09/14/this-weeks-featured-artist-folk-musician-mel-biggs-new-album-from-darkness-comes-light/
* Canilla – ‟we find them picking flowers that grow in the fields of extreme limit” – you always wanted more in life, but now you don’t have the appetite (2021) – Berlin, Germany – https://canilla.bandcamp.com/album/you-always-wanted-more-in-life-but-now-you-dont-have-the-appetite  https://camillabarrattdue.com
* Geoff Berner – ‟Pay People Money to Stay at Home” – (Topical Squeezebox Benefit Video) (2021) – Vancouver, BC, Canada – www.geoffberner.com  https://youtu.be/kDXbFeUfCbc  Benefit for Rae Spoon’s Medical Expenses: https://geoffberner.bandcamp.com/track/pay-people-money-to-stay-at-home
* Rhiannon Giddens – ‟I Shall Not Be Moved” – They’re Calling Me Home  (2021) – Nashville, Tennessee, USA / Ireland – https://rhiannongiddens.bandcamp.com  www.rhiannongiddens.com  Francesco Turristi, acc.
* Caamaño&Ameixeiras – ‟Vals de pasmar” – Aire! (2021) – Galicia, Spain – https://es.caamanoameixeiras.com  Sabela Caamaño (chromatic button acc) and Antía Ameixeiras (violin and voice)
* Wade Tarling – ‟Adah’s theme (La femme ave les yeux lumineux)” – single (2021) – St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada – http://wadetarling.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 (back to Zoom, on January 7th, 2022!) Cheers & squeeze on!