Accordion Noir radio playlist 2023-02-08: February in Training for February?

Our alt-accordion radio program’s host Bruce is once again going to be abroad on the night of our weekly broadcast, so he has pre-recorded this episode to air this Wednesday night. (You online listeners can get the drop on the ones limited to only experiencing our program over the radio.) If I am interpreting his episode title correctly (always more of a dark art than a science, but I do have lots of practice at it) he will be travelling by rail, but unlike previous trips taken via that transportation mode, I do not believe that they set the theme for the episode. Indeed, eyeballing the playlist, I am not convinced that the episode has a theme per se, beyond that of our standard melange of different styles of squeezebox music from different cultures all around the planet! Fortunately for us, it’s a mix that seems to work. 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:

*  Vancouver Tenant’s Union – https://www.vancouvertenantsunion.ca <https://www.vancouvertenantsunion.ca/>
* ‟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
* Jayme Stone – ‟Mwen Pas Danse” – Jayme Stone’s Folklife (2017) – Colorado, USA – https://jaymestone.bandcamp.comwww.JaymeStone.com  Moira Smiley, acc.
* Martyn Bradley – ‟Humours Of Tullacreen; Rakes Of Brandenburg” – English International (1973) –  – http://englishconcertina.org/
* Bonsoir Catin – ‟Hackberry Two-Step” – Light the Stars (2014) – Louisiana, USA – www.valcourrecords.com  Kristi Guillory, acc.
* The Avenues – ‟Coleus” – The Avenues (2010) – Peterborough, Ontario, Canada  – www.TheAvenues.ca
* The Jerry Cans – ‟GN Song” – Nunavuttitut (2013) – Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada – http://thejerrycans.com/
* Farzad Milani – ‟Dokhtarak-e Joolideh (original song by Alinaqi Vaziri)” –  (2021) – Montreal, Quebec, Canada – Retuned  microtonal accordion to play Persian-Arabic modes. Neat!
https://www.youtube.com/farzadmilani
https://www.instagram.com/persianaccordion/
* La Volée d’Castors (“Flock of Beavers”) – ‟Le Voyage De Leo-Paul” – VDC (2000) – Joliette (Québec) CANADA – http://www.vdc.qc.ca/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Volée_d’Castors   Frédéric Bourgois, acc.
* Elaiza – ‟Circle Of Life” – [Rowan’s Eurovision content] (2013) – Berlin, Germany / Ukraine – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elaiza

* Black Prairie – ‟Kiss of Fate” – Fortune (2014) – Portland, Oregon, USA – www.blackprairie.com
https://decemberistsshop.com Jenny Conlee, acc
* Flowk – ‟Calèndula” – Trobada (2022) – Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain – https://www.facebook.com/delpinocardona/
https://flowk.bandcamp.com/album/flowk
* Levon Helm – ‟The Blind Child” – Dirt Farmer (2007) – Woodstock, New York, USA  – http://www.levonhelm.com/ Brian John Mitchell, acc.
* Selo i Ludy – ‟Sweet Seven Nation Dreams” – Bunch One (2019) – Ukraine – https://www.facebook.com/seloiludy/
Get merch to support Selo i Ludy: https://selo-i-ludy-store.creator-spring.com
* Nada Lewis – ‟Rustemul (Traditional Romanian folk dances)” – Accordion Babes 2009 Pin-up Calendar CD (2008) – San Francisco Bay Area, California, USA – www.folkloric.net
* Marc Berthoumieux – ‟Le Bleu de Majorelle” – Le Bal des Mondes (2018) – Paris, France – https://www.marcberthoumieux.com/https://marcberthoumieux.bandcamp.com/music
* Plastic Jack & The Psychedelic Rhombus Gang – ‟Apathy Apothecary” – Vol. 2: Four Doors (2020) – London, UK – Visit https://freqfox.bandcamp.com
* Oguta Bobo – ‟Susan” – Rujina Kalando (1998) – Kenya, Africa – Luo Concertina [Hard to find much more about this CD released in 1998 after Oguta Bobo had died. If you understand Luo, the songs are said to be very funny.]
* Tim Jennings – ‟Banish Misfortune” – English International – http://englishconcertina.org/

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 … well, we’re putting our Twitter on the back burner indefinitely in pursuit of sunnier pastures, such as Mastodon at @accordionnoir@zirk.us and @AccordionBruce@mastodon.social, Instagram (@AccordionNoirFest), and Facebook at Accordion Noir fans, the Accordion Noir Festival, and the Vancouver Squeezebox Circle.  Cheers & squeeze on!