Posts Tagged ‘pennsylvania’

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..

Did a session recently

On Thursday I had the pleasure to put some accordion on the new alternative folk record for The Orphan Trains. The were recording at Rodney Whittenberg’s studio just outside of Philadelphia, PA.

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..

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..

Katzen Kapell

Check out Swedish band Katzen Kapell. Composition, jazz, accordion, piano, violin, marimba, hand drums. Its all a beautiful intertwined work. I feel the music takes from baroque sources like Bach, bebop and Piazzolla, world and jazz rhythms, intertwines eastern folk melodies and very interesting arrangements full of thought and depth. I would love to seeRead 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..

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..

Andras Schiff & Beethoven's Sonatas

For anyone at all interested in an understanding of classical music, and in particular one of the following: the piano, musical form, harmony, orchestration, Beethoven, classical performance, I must recommend the free library of Andras Schiff’s lectures upon all 32 of Beethoven’s piano sonata’s. Andras Schiff is one of a handful of performers at thisRead more..