CFRO's weekly Wednesday night Accordion Noir radio show / podcast, in conjunction with local accordion rebel Geoff Berner (Klezmer Mongrels, 2009) is plotting the 4th annual Accordion Noir Festival for September 2011, trying its darnedest to redeem the reputation of the long-dismissed squeezebox.
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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Welcome to Accordion Noir; enjoy the squeezings!
Posted on 17 January, 2011 - 22:34 byBruce Triggs
2011-01-05, New Year Squeeze (it's 2011, isn't it?)
* Artist – Song – Album (year) – Where are they from? – Contact info if we've got it.
* The Hold Steady – Modesto Is Not That Sweet – Misc. – New York City, New York State, USA – Stuff Franz Nicolay played accordion!
* Andy Fielding – Accordion Noir theme (short version, 1:06) – Accordion Noir (2010) – Vancouver, BC, Canada – recorded special just for our show! More, http://www.andyfielding.com/temp/visigoth.pdf
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Posted on 17 January, 2011 - 21:52 byBruce Triggs
AccNoir-2011-01-12, House on Fire, with Robyn Carrigan
* Artist – Song – Album (year) – Where are they from? – Contact info if we've got it.
* Andy Fielding – Accordion Noir theme (short version, 1:06) – Accordion Noir (2010) – Vancouver, BC, Canada – recorded special just for our show! More, http://www.andyfielding.com/temp/visigoth.pdf
* Groanbox Boys – Fire Underground – Gran Bwa (2008) – London, England – http://www.groanboxboys.com/
* Big Spank – Mariposa – Gypsy Rug Burn (2007) – Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA – http://thebigspank.com/
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Posted on 3 January, 2011 - 18:14 byRowan Lipkovits
Greetings from co-host Rowan in his very first self-podcasted episode, with only a very small amount of help from Bruce. As our last show of the year, I wanted to do a tribute episode to accordion players who left us in 2010, and truly there were titans: Art van Damme, Esteban Jordan, Shirley Evans, and earliest of all, Kate McGarrigle. But as Bruce noted, Art and Esteban already got entire episodes dedicated to them, while we didn't have enough of Shirley's work on file to do her justice.
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Posted on 24 December, 2010 - 15:06 byBruce Triggs
AccNoir-2010-12-22, Holiday Noiria & etc.
* Artist – Song – Album (year) – Where are they from? – Contact info if we've got it.
* Natasha Enquist – I Don't Want a Lot for Christmas – Live From Cocoa Beach (2010) – Victoria, BC, Canada (expatriate living in Disneyworld) – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SeQAMefBW8 (Special podcast bonus, Hi Natasha!)
* Andy Fielding – Accordion Noir theme (short version, 1:06) – Accordion Noir (2010) – Vancouver, BC, Canada – recorded special just for our show! More, http://www.andyfielding.com/temp/visigoth.pdf
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Posted on 23 December, 2010 - 11:40 byBruce Triggs
AccNoir-2010-12-15, Bruce's best of 2010
* Artist – Song – Album (year) – Where are they from? – Contact info if we've got it.
* Accordion Noir Electronic/New Time PRA (2010)
* Andy Fielding – Accordion Noir theme (short version, 1:06) – Accordion Noir (2010) – Vancouver, BC, Canada – recorded special just for our show! More, http://www.andyfielding.com/temp/visigoth.pdf
* Mark Berube & the Patriotic Few – Tailored To Fit – Tailored To Fit [EP] (2010) – Vancouver / Toronto, Canada – http://www.markberube.com/
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Posted on 23 December, 2010 - 11:20 byBruce Triggs
AccNoir-2010-12-08, Best Live Acts on Accordion Noir 2010
* Artist – Song – Album (year) – Where are they from? – Contact info if we've got it.
* Rowan Lipkovits (really?) – Accordion Noir Theme
* Maria in the Shower – She Rises – http://accordionnoir.org/drupal/node/194
* Earle Peach – The Digger's Song – http://accordionnoir.org/drupal/node/196
* Marie-Josée Houle – Three Red Beads – http://accordionnoir.org/drupal/node/203
* Gerry O'Brien – Jig Set – http://accordionnoir.org/drupal/node/205
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Posted on 22 December, 2010 - 23:44 byBruce Triggs
AccNoir-2010-12-03, Late nite Anniversary
* Artist – Song – Album (year) – Where are they from? – Contact info if we've got it.
* Los Colorados - KATY PERRY Hotncold Ukrainian Polka band
* Miss Murgatroid – You May Not Have Given Side Impact Collisions Much Thought – Methyl Ethyl Key Tones (1993) – Portland, Oregon, USA – http://www.missmurgatroid.com/ sounds like jail?
* Gunshai – Our Voices Are The Mirrors Of Our Souls – Traveling Without Memory (2008) – Vancouver, BC, Canada – Rowan Lipkovitz, acc. http://www.thekonspiracygroup.com/gunshae.html
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Posted on 22 December, 2010 - 19:52 byBruce Triggs
AccNoir-2010-12-01, Rowan's 2010 Faves
* Artist – Song – Album (year) – Where are they from? – Contact info if we've got it.
* Groanbox Boys – Deer Bone At The Mansion – Gran Bwa (2008) – London, England – http://www.groanboxboys.com/
* Olenka And The Autumn Lovers – Soldier's Waltz – Olenka And The Autumn Lovers (2009) – East Vancouver, BC / London, ON, Canada – http://www.olenkalovers.com/
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Posted on 15 December, 2010 - 14:49 byBruce Triggs
AccNoir-2010-11-24, Grand ol' Accordion Opry
* Artist – Song – Album (year) – Where are they from? – Contact info if we've got it.
* Louise Massey & The Westerners – My Adobe Hacienda – Women Of Western Swing – http://westernswing78.blogspot.com/2008/04/women-of-western-swing.html
* Carolyn Mark and the New Best Friends – The Overture – The Pros And Cons Of Collaboration (2004) – Canada – http://www.carolynmark.com/
* Joe Ely And Joel Guzman – Winds Gonna Blow You Away – Live Cactus (2008) – Lubbock, Texas, USA – http://www.ely.com/
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Posted on 12 December, 2010 - 16:11 byBruce Triggs
AccNoir-2010-11-17, Smooth Trim with Mrs Marple
* Artist – Song – Album (year) – Where are they from? – Contact info if we've got it.
* Margaret Rutherford as Mrs. Marple – She Did Mary a Frenchman... – Murder at the Gallop (1963)
* Gus Viseur & L'Orchestre Victor – Tiger Rag – Squeeze Me 2: 1938-45 Squeezin' The Blues (1941) – France – http://www.proper-records.co.uk/artists.php?action=alview&alid=2011
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