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–2009-10-02, Rowan's Return

Posted on 4 October, 2009 - 21:01 byBruce Triggs

63:48 minutes (58.41 MB)

AccNoir-2009-10-02, Rowan's Return! (and he's tired.)

* Artist – Song – Album (year?) – Where are they from? – contact.
* Can.Ky.Ree – The Yellow Dress – East Of Earshot (2002) – Chicago, USA –   http://www.myspace.com/cankyree  
* Ahilea – Kolo Moser – Cafe Svetlana (2009) – Ohrid, Macedonia / Sarajevo / Vienna, Austria – http://www.myspace.com/exportimporttunes
* Montcorbier – Le Piano De Sarah – Le Piano De Sarah (2001) – Quebec, Canada – http://www.danielthonon.com/ http://www.danielthonon.com/

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AccNoir–2009-09-25, Silliness with Willow Rutherford

Posted on 30 September, 2009 - 23:04 byBruce Triggs

60:35 minutes (55.48 MB)

AccNoir-2009-09-25, Silliness with Willow Rutherford

I posted the wrong show! Here's the right one. Thanks to Bob, our quality-control adviser from 4700 miles-away in London.

* Artist – Song – Album (year?) – Where are they from? – contact.
* Nortec Collective Presents Bostich+Fussible – Brown Bike – Tijuana Sound Machine (2008) – – http://nacionalrecords.com/media/   http://www.myspace.com/nortec  
* Willow Rutherford – Dirty Old Man (live in the Accordion Noir studios!) – Toronto, Ontario, Canada – http://www.myspace.com/willowrutherford

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AccNoir–2009–09–18, Becky Poole. live in the Studio!

Posted on 25 September, 2009 - 23:45 byBruce Triggs

60:29 minutes (55.38 MB)

AccNoir-2009-09-18, Silliness with Becky Poole

* Artist – Album? – Song
* Gloria Deluxe – Teeth Like Yours – Brooklyn, NY –http://www.gloriadeluxe.com/home/index.html
* Geoff Berner and the Vancouver Squeezebox Circle Orchestra – The Official Theme-song of the 2110 Vancouver Whistler Olympic Games, "The Dead, Dead Children Were Worth It." – Live at the 2009 Accordion Noir Festival – www.SqueezeboxCircle.org
* Gloria Deluxe – Homage to Drink
• Becky Poole – Meerkat Manor – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_GW5KFoU6E

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AccNoir-2009-09-11, Geoff Berner live!

Posted on 20 September, 2009 - 15:03 byBruce Triggs

64:39 minutes (59.2 MB)

AccNoir-2009-09-11, our own Geoff Berner, and the 2nd Annual Accordion Noir Festival!

* Artist – Album? – Song

* Geoff Berner – The Official Theme-song of the 2010 Vancouver-Whistler Olympic Games: the Dead, Dead Children Were Worth It (live on Accordion Noir!)
* Geoff Berner and the Terror of Tiny Town – Adolescent Services (1997?)
* Geoff Berner – Beautiful in My Eyes (live on Accordion Noir!)
* Andy Fielding (with Rowan Lipkovitz) – Live by phone from Cafe Mountmartre (before the unfortunate riot)

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AccNoir-2009-09-04, Nice Verdes, (Come to the Noir Festival, Sept 11-12!)

Posted on 11 September, 2009 - 16:29 byBruce Triggs

61:00 minutes (55.85 MB)

AccNoir-2009-09-04, with Nice Verdess

(Sorry for the sloppy notes, please come to our Second Annual Accordion Noir Festival this weekend! check www.SqueezeboxCircle.org for the latest, or see below.)

With a frabjous mix of Cumbia, West Africa and Nice Verdes.

* I.K. Dairo M.B.E. & His Blue Spots – Mo Sorire (I Have Been Blessed) – Ashiko (2006) – Nigeria, West Africa – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I._K._Dairo
* Nice Verdes – Memory is Sweet – British Columbia,Canada / South Australia, Australia – http://www.myspace.com/niceverdesmusic

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Second Annual Accordion Noir Festival in Vancouver! Sept. 10-12

Posted on 9 September, 2009 - 15:52 byBruce Triggs

2nd annual Accordion Noir Festival Sept 10-12th!

Accordion Noir, the world's only all-accordion radio show / podcast, is hosting another squeezebox festival in its home town of Vancouver, BC, now over three wild days!

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AccNoir-2009-08-28, Joanna Chapman-Smith

Posted on 31 August, 2009 - 17:39 byBruce Triggs

61:04 minutes (55.92 MB)

AccNoir-2009-08-28, Joanna Chapman-Smith

*Artist – Album? – Song
*Mink DeVille - Where Angels Fear To Tread - Keep Your Monkey Away From My Door
*Joanna Chapman-Smith - Contraries - Arbitrary Lines
*Joanna Chapman-Smith - Things are Gonna Go Wrong (live on Accordion Noir)
* ...and then things went wrong and we conversed unwittingly on top of...
*Capercaillie - Calum's Road
*Rowan Lipkovits w/ Joanna Chapman-Smith (after Rick Keating) - Until The Wine Is Gone (live on Accordion Noir)
*Joanna Chapman-Smith - Contraries - Tactile World

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Accordion Noir Festival II !!! Sept 10-12, in Vancouver, Canada

Posted on 31 August, 2009 - 14:18 byBruce Triggs

1:12 minutes (1.38 MB)

Here's the Pre-Recorded Announcement for our second annual Accordion Noir Festival, coming up September 10-12 in Vancouver. Attached (at the bottom?) should be a PDF of the flier with complete schedule information.

For more details:
www.SqueezeboxCircle.org
www.accordionnoir.org
www.geoffberner.com

Schedule perversely in reverse order:

WISE HALL, main event:
Saturday, 8 PM, Sept 12th
1882 Adanac St. at Victoria
Jason Webley (Seattle)
Geoff Berner (Vancouver)
Story (Halifax)
and more!

Also on Saturday, Sept. 12th,
Accordion Workshops:

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AccNoir-2009-08-21, Mysterious Journey

Posted on 23 August, 2009 - 15:25 byBruce Triggs

58:19 minutes (53.4 MB)

AccNoir-2009-08-21, Mysterious Journey

*Artist – Song – Album (date) – Sources
* Franz Nicolay – Dead Sailors – Major General (2009) – New York, New York, USA – http://www.franznicolay.com/index.html (also of Hold Steady, World Inferno Friendship Society, etc.)
* Sara Ciantar – Prarie Storm – Lines for Keeping (2009?) – Vancouver, BC, Canada – http://www.myspace.com/saraciantarmusic
* Phil Cunningham & Aly Bain – Quendale Bay – The Pearl (1994) – Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom – http://www.philcunningham.com/

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AccNoir-2009-08-14, Pleasantly-surprising-guest Victor Smith!

Posted on 15 August, 2009 - 21:04 byBruce Triggs

59:39 minutes (54.62 MB)

AccNoir-2009-08-07, Pleasantly-surprising-guest Victor Smith!

*Artist – Song – Album? (date) – sources if we got 'em.
* Didier Laloy – Retour De Flame D'un Soldat Inconnu – S-Tres & V.O. (2003) – Belgium – http://www.didierlaloy.be
* Miss Murgatroid – Marcello Stroll – Methyl Ethyl Key Tones (1993) – Portland, Oregon, USA – http://www.missmurgatroid.com/
* Dick Contino – Deep Purple – 12 Immortal Songs (196-?) – Las Vegas, Nevada, USA – http://www.dickcontino.com/

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