Posts Tagged ‘bucks county’

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..

Get Out and Hear Some Accordion!

Here are some more shows coming up in the next couple weeks (June and July 2010.)

Today is World Accordion Day!

1. I will be celebrating world accordion day by playing my accordion to the desert plants and sand and cactus at the familial home here in the Mojave Desert of California. How are you going to celebrate it? 2. Europeans award pork spending to accordionists. 3. Behind the Bellows documentary showing, plus the band ofRead more..

My accordion has a mic!

1. My accordion has a mic now. Put in lovingly by Acme Accordion School of Westmont, NJ. 2. I will be playing this Today, 24th and Tomorrow 25th, at John Murdoch’s studio. Solo accordion from 12-4. Should be good accoustics and good art. You need tickets, $10 per group of people. 5113 Anderson Road (rearRead more..

Bach, Barns and Eruptions

Vietty performs solo. Galliano has youtube Bach video. Douglas trapped in Amsterdam. Cirque doing MJ.

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..

Oscar Wilde Opera from Bucks County Team

Elegy for a Prince, a new opera recently staged by New York City Opera. Music by veteran Sergio Cervetti, libretto by Elizabeth Esris (both of Bucks County, PA.) This beautiful adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s story of a statue and a bird who become friends through the altruistic giving of the regal statue. A beautiful animationRead more..

The Conductor of the Muses

Netflix gave me a short biography of Igor Stravinsky. Which is appropriate because Stravinsky stood 5’2″. When it was over I fired up the iTunes and found Stravinsky’s ballet Apollon Musagéte (Apollo, Conductor of the Muses.) Just gorgeous music, neo-classical and modern. Listen: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuDR0nTeDsU]

Be-Bop Accordion

bebop: a style of jazz playing, fast eighth-note lines weaving through rapidly changing chord progressions, popular in the mid-late 40′s. Think Charlie Parker. Exciting, intellectual, difficult. Be-Bop Buffet is a tremendous accordion duet of mostly bebop tunes. Simone Zanchini (Italy) on the left channel and Frank Marocco(America) on the right. Comping and playing time forRead more..