Accordion Noir radio playlist 2024-03-13: 17th Anniversary of the Vancouver Squeezebox Circle

Something happened last night, and this week’s episode of our Accordion Noir broadcast failed to go out over the air in time to celebrate the occasion your host Bruce had planned for: the observance of the 17th anniversary (!?) of the first congregation of the Vancouver Squeezebox Circle, which has continued meeting up for the vast majority of the months since then. (Their next gathering date is scheduled for April 3rd, so our historical anniversary observance actually falls between their present-day meeting dates, so not all that much was actually missed. Put it in your calendar, you can find the details on their website!) 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 listen to it as digital audio courtesy of the Internet Archive. Here’s its playlist:

AccNoir–2024–03-13, 17th Anniversary of the Vancouver Squeezebox Circle (Wrapped an hour before this show)

* ‟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

* Artist – “Song” – Album (Date) – Where they’re from – Artist Links – Comments

* ‘k’ Trio – ‟Nine Blind Mice” – Images (1998) – North Haven, Southington, and Shelton, Connecticut, USA – http://www.ktrio.com/
* Eliza Carthy – ‟Stingo/The Stacking Reel” – Red (1998) – Yorkshire, England, UK – http://www.eliza-carthy.com/   Martin Green, accordion with funky electronic effects.
* Corey Ledet Zydeco – ‟Mo gin in ta lamou” – M​é​dikamen (2023) – Parks, Louisiana, USA – https://coreyledetzydeco.bandcamp.com/album/m-dikamen-2
* Jaakko Laitinen & Lapin Lisä – ‟Muistojen Inari” – Jaakko Laitinen & Lapin Lisä (2023) – Rovaniemi, Finland – https://soundcloud.com/playgroundmusicfinland/sets/jaakko-laitinen-lapin-lisa/s-yLe2EO6DtK5
* Mr. Bungle – ‟Ars Moriendi” – California (1999) – Eureka, California, USA – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Bungle
* Vancouver Squeezebox Circle – ‟Kristiania Valsen” – 14th Annual Accordion Noir Festival, Oct. 5, 2021 (2021) – Vancouver, BC, Canada – http://www.squeezeboxcircle.org/
* J.P. Cormier – ‟Another Morning” – Another Morning (1997) – London, Ontario, Canada – http://jp-cormier.com   Stewart MacNeil, acc.
* Kepa Junkera – ‟Bok-Espok” – Bilbao 00:00h [Disc 1] (1998) – Basque Country, Europe – http://www.kepajunkera.eus  Kepa Junkera, Basque trikitixa acc.; Anders Stake,  Swedish bagpipes / nyckelharpa; Hållbus Totte Mattsson, hurdy gurdy
* Rob Curto – ‟E Minor Musette” – Bellow the Earth (1996) – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA – http://robcurto.bandcamp.com – www.robcurto.com
* Joseph Petric – ‟Sonata in E Minor, Accordion, Hob.XVI34 I. Presto” – Heretic Threads (2023) – Toronto, Ontario, Canada – https://astrila-records.bandcamp.comhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Petric
* Taraf Syriana – ‟Kevoke” – Taraf Syriana (2022) – montreal, Quebec, Canada / Syria / Moldova / Romani / Balkan  – Sergio Popo, acc.; Noemy Braun, cello (with 2 extra strings); Omar Abou Afach, viola (normal number of strings); Naeem Shanwar, qanun, 78 strings. https://www.tarafsyriana.com
* Levyosn – ‟Fun der Khupe / Moh Rabu / Kleyne Printsesin” – Levyosn’s Lullaby (2023) – New York City, New York State, USA – Kaia (Chaia) Berman Peters, acc. – https://borschtbeat.bandcamp.com/
* Dean Olsher – ‟Hymn” – Letters of Transit  (2024) – New York City, New York State, USA – Dean Olsher, acc. (Produced by Will Holshouser) http://deanolsher.com/ – https://deanolsher.bandcamp.com/album/letters-of-transit

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 (we’re even trying out BlueSky to limited effect at accordionnoir.bsky.social) , Instagram (@AccordionNoirFest), and Facebook at Accordion Noir fans, the Accordion Noir Festival, and the Vancouver Squeezebox Circle.  Cheers & squeeze on!