Accordion Noir plays punk-rock classical-folk music from around the world, with jazz and an occasional token polka. Broadcast live on CFRO Co-Op Radio from the heart of the Downtown Eastside in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Earth.

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AccNoir-2009-12-11, Best of 2009, with Rowan's collective memory!

Posted on 20 December, 2009 - 23:04 byBruce Triggs

70:06 minutes (64.18 MB)

AccNoir-2009-12-11, Best of 2009, with Rowan's collective memory!

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Artist – Song (sorry, we haven't got the details for these songs here.)
Rika Ruebsaat - Green Fields of Canada
Loudon Wainwright III - Daughter
Jelena Milejovic / Elyse Jacobson - Whistler's Mother
Amelia Curran - Scattered & Small
Ksenija Sidorova - Karabas-Barabas' Dance
Lars Hollmer - Endlich Ein Zamba

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AccNoir-2009-12-04, Best of Live Noir 2009 fixed

Posted on 12 December, 2009 - 15:08 byBruce Triggs

59:55 minutes (54.86 MB)

AccNoir-2009-12-04b, Best of Live Noir, 2009

I did it again, at the beginning of the earlier version I posted of this show, I forgot to cut off ten minutes of the Gospel Train, in all it's glory admittedly. I fixed it.

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In case you're wondering, the GunBellows show was on Dec 4th at 2 AM, this show was the same day, but hours later at our regular 9:30 PM time. Long day.

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AccNoir-2009-12-04, GunBellows Anniversary Weirdness (repaired version)

Posted on 7 December, 2009 - 16:12 byBruce Triggs

71:55 minutes (65.86 MB)

AccNoir-2009-12-04, GunBellows Anniversary Weirderness!

[Jardel, our new favorite listener from Brazil, noticed a few shows had the ends cut off. That's not right! We're trying to replace those with corrected versions. If you hear such problems, it's great to let us know so everybody won't miss a thing. Thanks Jardel!]

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AccNoir-2009-12-04, GunBellows Anniversary Weirdness

Posted on 4 December, 2009 - 17:20 byBruce Triggs

71:55 minutes (65.85 MB)

AccNoir-2009-12-04, GunBellows Anniversary Weirderness!

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AccNoir-2009-11-27, Squeezebox Circus Music

Posted on 28 November, 2009 - 16:06 byBruce Triggs

58:27 minutes (53.52 MB)

AccNoir-2009-11–27, Squeezebox Circus Music!

Remember, this month's Vancouver Squeezebox Circle is on Wednesday Dec 2nd (not Thurs), at Spartacus Books, 684 E. Hastings. SqueezeboxCircle.org
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* Intro by with Duckmandu's Stars and Stripes Forever! (Don't worry, we handled the emergency.)
* The Decemberists – My Mother Was A Chinese Trapese Artist – 5 Songs (2003) – Portland, Oregon, USA – http://www.decemberists.com/

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AccNoir-2009-10-16, Accordion Noir Festival Replay!

Posted on 13 November, 2009 - 23:31 byBruce Triggs

66:09 minutes (60.57 MB)

AccNoir-2009-10-16, Accordion Noir Festival Replay!

These are tracks from the live performances at our 2nd Annual Accordion Noir Festival in September. Thank you for making it a fine time to be alive!

Friday, Sept 11th wildness at Vancouver's Cafe Montmartre:

* Rowan Lipkovits (after Veda Hille) - the Williamsburg Bridge
* Joanna Chapman-Smith & Dawn Zoe - Zirkus Muzik
* Dawn Zoe (after Bob Marley) - Mellow Mood
* Barbara Adler (after Eminem) - Lose Yourself
* Andy Fielding - Pas Ma Nom
* Andy Fielding (after Merv Griffin) - Jeopardy Theme

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AccNoir-2009-11–06, Oktoberfest in November, Polka Down with Rowan!

Posted on 12 November, 2009 - 12:33 byBruce Triggs

60:16 minutes (55.18 MB)

AccNoir-2009-11–06, Oktoberfest in November, Polka Down with Rowan!

* Schmenge Brothers – Salute to John Williams 1 – Canada – I'm in favor of making fun of John Williams. He can afford it.
* John J. Kimmel – American polka – Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9761 (1908) – USA – Part of the UCSB Cylinder Digitization Project: http://cylinders.library.ucsb.edu/.
* Brave Combo – (Intro by Carl) Potato Chips Polka – Polkas For A Gloomy World (1995) – Texas, USA – http://www.brave.com/bo/

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AccNoir-2009-10-30, Halloween Noir Fundraiser Spookinacular!

Posted on 31 October, 2009 - 00:55 byBruce Triggs

60:52 minutes (55.74 MB)

AccNoir-2009-10-30, Halloween Noir 2009 Fundraiser Spookinacular!

* Artist – Song – Album (year?) – Where are they from? – contact.
* Jason Webley – Devil Be Good – Against The Night (1999) – Seattle, Washington, USA – http://www.jasonwebley.com/index.html
* American Sinner – Lilies – Washington DC USA – http://www.americansinner.com/asweb/Music.html
* Danielle Martineau – Novembre sur la Grave – Les secrets du vent (2004) – Canada – http://www.qim.com/albums/description.asp?albumid=2679

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AccNoir-2009-10-24, Libations for the Baritone Saxophone Nation

Posted on 29 October, 2009 - 05:39 byBruce Triggs

59:53 minutes (54.82 MB)

AccNoir-2009-10-24, Libations for the Baritone Saxophone Nation (with President Nathaniel!)

* Artist – Song – Album (year?) – Where are they from? – contact.
* Gerry Mulligan/Astor Piazzolla – 20 Years Ago – Summit - Reunion Cumbre (1974) – Argentina, New York – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerry_Mulligan http://www.piazzolla.org/
* Gerry Mulligan – For An Unfinished Woman – Carnegie Hall Concert (1974) – – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerry_Mulligan
* Supersax – Night in Tunisia – Supersax Plays Bird (1972) – – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supersax

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AccNoir–2009–10–09, Wintermitten Wave

Posted on 15 October, 2009 - 23:16 byBruce Triggs

57:28 minutes (52.62 MB)

AccNoir-2009-10-09, Wintermitten Wave

* Artist – Song – Album (year?) – Where are they from? – contact.
* Lise Monique & the Wintermitts – Que Toi – Alouette EP (2006) – Vancouver, Canada –   http://www.myspace.com/lisemusic  
http://wintermitts.com/index.php
* Gubbish – Crack in Space – Notations in Tonation (2004) – San Francisco, California, USA – http://www.aaronnovik.com/
* Teofilo Chantre – Relativamente – Acoustic Africa (2000) – Cape Verde, off the coast of West Africa

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