Posts Tagged ‘Blog’

BBC Accordion Flic, Afri-Jazz Accord, Western Accordion Ballad

Buried lead in this Scotland Herald news story is that Phil Cunningham is working with BBC on a documentary about the “way the accordion moved around the world.” Listen to Tente Midj on Carmen Souza’s myspace. João Frade plays some great accordion over this track on a very cool African inspired jazz record. Really freshRead more..

Long Accordion Gig Weekend 6/24-6/27

It was an epic weekend from Thursday to Monday. I played four shows (photos below), three with The New Impressionists and one with The Hot Club of Philadelphia. They were all great gigs and it was fun to play with The New Impressionists again, as we haven’t played in a while. And a bunch ofRead more..

Accordion Apocalypse, Dallas Performances Squeeze Blog

1. I’m playing today in Lambertville, NJ, Monday in Lumberville, PA and Wednesday in Germantown, PA. 2. Listen to this great San Francisco Public Radio Story about Skyler Fell and learning to repair accordions from her mentor at her shop Accordion Apocalypse. And apparently, the accordion is the official instrument of San Francisco. 3. IRead more..

Classical Accordion: Great Article by Guardian UK

The article Accordion Reborn published Wednesday November 19, 2009, got my attention. From the Guardian, a thorough and highly accessible article on the state of contemporary ‘Classical’ Accordion music. Specifically Denmark, which since at least the 1970′s has been a bastion of creativity andgenius in this genre.

World Accordion Trio – Galliano, Coba, Marocco

Finally there is something written about this concert! I had been seeing people twitter about it, and I saw some things on Coba’s blog. But I was unable to get the drift of exactly what went on. And now Elke Ahrenholz has posted a write up on accordions.com. On Octover 23rd, 2009:

Accordion meets Guitar Summit – Performing with Flatpicker Cosgrove

I’ve been rehearsing with award winning guitar player Mark Cosgrove for a spot with his band at his annual music festival. Its exciting for me to play with such a great musician and in such a different genre. Annual Bucks County Guitar Summit November 28, 2009 Afternoon workshop: 12:30PM Concert: 8:00PM Afternoon Workshop & EveningRead more..

Awesome Accordion Events Calendar

How many times have you heard about an accordion concert too late? We’ll here’s one more resource to keep you in the loop.The Events Calendar from Let’s Polka:(Its definitely not all polka shows)

Busking: Americans Don't Like Street Performing

Busking is the ancient art of street performing. Americans often confuse buskers with pan-handlers or the homeless. Buskers are artists who have taken the world as their stage. They are intrepid entrepeneurs, corageuosly battling so many things in order to make a few dollars at what they do. Busking takes pride, patience, courage, talent, 100Read more..

Fuera: Jean-Louis Matinier and Renaud Garcia-Fons

These guys have something very special and rare. I am always astounded by the level of musicianship and perfection on the recordings of these two musicians and this is no exception. To listen to Fuera is an education in all things musical.

Chamamé – The Other Argentinian Accordion Music

When most people think Argentinian music they think of that passionate music from the seedy milongas of Buenos Aires. But there is another iconic music from the north of Argentina, it is called Chamamé. Chamamé is a rich cultural mix of indigenous and immigrant peoples to Argentina’s northern region. Not urban like the tango, butRead more..