Print this articleThe First International Accordion Noir Festival, October 2nd and 3rd!
Friday, October 3rd – 9 pm - the Railway Club concert - 579 Dunsmuir at Seymour
Geoff Berner, Ami Denio, Natasha Lena the Accordion Girl, and the Creaking Planks!
Thursday, Oct 2nd – 7 pm - Spartacus Books Festival opening - 684 E. Hastings at Heatley
Live music, a fashion show catwalk (or something), and a rare Film screening of the Rockumentary about the international super-group Accordion Tribe!
Fundraiser for our radio-station and our show!
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Accordion Noir: Playlist: Sept 5th, 2008, with Julie Peters, guest accordion-poet!
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Artist -- Song – Album (date) – Origin – Label/Contact info
Swamperella – Ton Papa Me Jette Dehors – Black Cat Boogie (2004) – Toronto, Canada – http://www.swamperella.com/
Blackberry Wood – Cyrus the Great – Travelling Horse Opry (2008) – Vancouver, BC, Canada – http://www.myspace.com/blackberrywood
Dr. Steel – Lullabye-bye – Dr. Steel II: Eclectic Boogaloo (2001) – Los Angeles, California, USA – http://worlddominationtoys.com/drsteel/enter.html
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Accordion Noir: Playlist: Aug 29, 2008, Monsters of Accordion tour!
Artist -- Song – Album (date) – Origin – Label/Contact info
Cordero – La Yegua – De Donde Eres (2008) – Brooklyn, New York, USA – www.corderomusic.com
Wendy McNeill – Ask Me No Questions – A Dreamer's Guide to Hardcore Loving (2008) – Sweden, Canada – http://www.wendymcneill.com/
The Mad Maggies – Mad Mod Vlad – Magdalena's Revenge (2007) – San Francisco Bay Area, California, USA – http://www.themadmaggies.com/
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Accordion Noir: Playlist: Aug 22, 2008, With Mark Berube and Wendy McNeill's latest!
"We're gonna give you a show that'll really burn the pews up." Marc on the Gospel Train.
Artist -- Song – Album (date) – Origin – Label/Contact info
Mark Berube – Say It Ain't So – What the Boat Gave the River (2008) – Canada – http://www.markberube.com/
Wendy McNeill – Flight – A Dreamer's Guide to Hardcore Loving (2008) – Sweden, Canada – http://www.wendymcneill.com/
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Accordion Noir: Playlist: Aug 15, 2008, With Swearing!
(Finally, I got this playlist to attach right! More swearing i guess.)
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Artist -- Song – Album (date) – Origin – Label/Contact info
Kaley Bird – Do,Do,Do,Do,Do,Do,Do – Kaley Bird (2008) – Edmonton, Alberta, Canada – http://www.myspace.com/kaleybirdband
Alan Kelly – The Rakes Of Westmeath / Gusty's Frolics (Slip Jigs) – Out Of The Blue (1997) – Galway, Ireland – blackboxmusic.ie
Fabrizio Poggi / Turututela – La Mamma Di Rosina – Canzoni Popolari (2002) – Italy – www.turututela.com
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Accordion Noir: Playlist: 08, 08, 08, Electronic Accordions, with Murray Brown and Doug McGarry from Roland!
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September 5th Deadline! Visit www.Roland.ca for information on their big V Accordion contest (you don't need one of their accordions to enter, but you could win one.)
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Artist -- Song – Album (date) – Origin – Label/Contact info
Greg Pagel – Rock the Box, pt 1 – Plastic Machine Music (2005) – Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA – www.gregpagel.com
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Accordion Noir: Playlist: August 1st, 2008, Classical accordion with Jelena, Anja and Alex Milojevic!
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Artist -- Song: Composer – Album (date) – Artist Origin – Label/Contact info
Ivan Koval – Milonga Del Angel: by Astor Piazzolla – Das Akkordeon:
instrument der melancholie (2001) – Czech Republic – http://www.hfm-weimar.de/
Mika Vayrynen – Disco-Toccata: by Petri Makkonen – Mysterious Visions (1995)
– Finland – http://www.accordions.com/mika/index.htm
Jelena Milojevic – Whistler's Spirit: Aleksandar Milojevic (public
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Accordion Noir: Playlist: July 25th, 2008, Extended Jazz Freak-out.
This episodes "cover" is... William Schimmel's accordion
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Artist -- Song – Album (date) – Origin – Label/Contact info:
Archipelago (William Schimmel, acc) – Peppermint Twist – Archipelago (2001) – New York, NY, USA – http://www.billschimmel.com/
Gordon Fleming – Close Your Eyes / Lover Man – According To Gordie (2004) – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada – http://www.justin-time.com/authors/gordiefleming/
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Accordion Noir: Playlist: June 20, 2008, German Fan-Club!
Artist -- Song – Album (date) – Origin – Label/Contact info:
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Galinda & Wolfgang Wiehler – Nuit Blandes – Live at my house (2008) – Vancouver, Canada / Witten, Germany! – http://www.lachanterelle.de/
Kepa Junkera – Hiri – Basque Country – http://www.kepajunkera.com/
Galinda & Wolfgang Wiehler – Listeren/L'araignée
Regis Gizavo – Samy Olombelo – Madagascar/France – http://regisgizavo.calabashmusic.com/
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Accordion Noir: Playlist: July 11, 2008, With special guest Alicia Rose, aka Miss Murgatroid!
This episodes "cover" is... Hearts and Daggers, the new album by Miss Murgatroid and Petra Haden! It's being released in Canada tomorrow, August 19th! (Already available in the States.) Line up to get one like for a new cell-phone. File Under Music is the fabulous label, (and they're Canadian too.) http://fileundermusic.com/
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Song – Artist – Album (date)
Another Day – Miss Murgatroid & Petra Haden – Hearts and Daggers (2008)
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Accordion Noir: Playlist: July 4th, 2008
This episodes "cover" is Toni Charuhas' book "The Accordion."
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Artist -- Song – Album (date) – Origin – Label/Contact info:
Angelo Di Pippo -- Polka Medley (the Hellena Polka, Clarinet Polka) -- Accordion Party (1992) – Garden City, New York, USA – http://www.angelodipippo.com/
Bruce reading from Toni Charuhas' "The Accordion" – (If anybody knows how to contact Toni, we'd love to interview her.)
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Accordion Noir: Playlist: June 27, 2008 Vancouver Jazz-Fest fest
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Artist -- Song – Album (date) – Origin – Label/Contact info:
John Hammond Jr. – Cold Water (Bruce Katz, acc.) – Push Comes to Shove (2007) – http://www.johnhammond.com/
Ry Cooder – Filipino Dance Hall Girl (Flaco Jimenez, acc.) – I, Flathead (2008) – Los Angeles, California, USA – (Mr. Cooder seems to have escaped having a "web presence" but there's plenty of fan sites, here's one: http://rycooder.nl/index.html )
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Accordion Noir: Playlist: June 20, 2008, Angel Noir Christi
This episodes "cover" is an accordion from Angel Corpus Christi's site
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Artist -- Song – Album (date) – Origin – Label/Contact info:
Angel Corpus Christi – Clown Sex – Devine Healer (2003) – San Francisco, California, USA – http://www.angelcorpuschristi.com/
Pee Wee King – Flying Home (1955) – Blue Suede Shoes: Gonna Shake This Shack Tonight (great compilation) – Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA – http://www.bear-family.de
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Accordion Noir: Playlist: June 13, 2008 Mezamazing!
(Only half the show was here, I thought I'd fixed it, now I think so again. Sorry, b.)
This episodes "cover" is... Mezamazing! (of course.)
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Artist -- Song – Album (date) – Origin – Label/Contact info:
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Pauline Oliveros – Lear – Deep Listening (1989) – Recorded in an underground water-storage cistern as a huge natural reverb, Washington State, USA – http://www.deeplistening.org/site/
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Accordion Noir: Playlist: June 6, 2008 A variety of music from Canada, Texas and other countries.
This episodes "cover" is from the awesome book "¡Puro Conjunto!"
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Artist -- Song – Album (date) – Origin – Label/Contact info:
Dan Bromrigg - In It – Wander Songs (2007) – Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada – www.donbrownrigg.com
Nortec Collective - Tijuana Sound Machine – Bostich+Fussible (2008) – Tijuana, California – http://www.myspace.com/nortec
Hinkala – La Guigue – Sans Interdit (2007) – France – http://Hinkala.com/default.aspx
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