Posts Tagged ‘news’
Accordion News Before the New Year
I’ll be playing my New Year’s Eve gig at the historic Black Bass in Bucks County, PA. This year with “The Sound of the Delaware River”, The New Impressionists. And I’ll be playing New Year’s Day for a free show with The Hot Club of Philly down at the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia. Swedish-American accordion technicianRead more..
Thick Meaty Accordion Links ‘Round the Net
Frode Haltli, accordionist from Norway plays refreshing and interesting music with Trygve Seim at Portland, OR jazz fest. Great article from RootsWorld about this. I have Frode’s 2007 solo album Passing Images and really enjoy it. (BTW, The North-West accordion corridor continues to make me jealous.) I saw a great street performer at Musikfest onRead more..
Accordion News: Accordionists in Hot Water
Legendary accordionist Ramon Ayala was recently released from a mexican prison. He was performing at a party when it was raided by the federales. Wrong place, wrong time is what’s being reported. Small story here on SF Chron blog. Jan Lewan, beloved Polka icon of Pennsylvania, pyramid schemer, and subject of documentary film. Lets PolkaRead 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..