Here’s a selection of Cape Breton fiddlers Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy performing at Hugh’s Room here in Toronto Winston Scotty Fitzgerald Jerry Holland and Jerry Holland Jr
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El Parche
I came across a nice little NPR piece on the YouTube machine about “El Parche”, the late Esteban ‘Steve’ Jordan. Mr. Jordan was an individualist, very hard to pigeonhole into a category. Conjunto? Latin jazz? Cumbia? He had a very distinctive accordion sound. Mr. Jordan… Read More
Gas Can Banjos?
My brother the trout, Salvelinas Fontinalis, plays clawhammer banjo. That is, he says he plays it. I don’t know if any witnesses have made it out alive. He has been trying to convince me that this clawhammer banjo thing is something I ought to get… Read More
No stopping the Cretins from hopping…
Just sayin… Here’s some Punkulele from Gus and Fin. Just what the Dr. ordered. oh yeah, and here are those other guys, the Ramones… Here at 27th Street, we love all kinds of folk music.
Shishigashira
After most of the leaves in our area have fallen, our Shishigashira Japanese Maple, with its deep green leaves finally and quickly explodes into the most fantastic yellow-orange. I love this tree.
Lost Forest
Here is another recent painting. Like the last one I posted, Lost Forest is smallish (a couple feet wide) and again painted with oils. There is a lot of detail, particularly textural, that is lost in the photograph, but then it’s a painting and not… Read More
Valse “Primevère” – Diato à quatre mains
I know, I know, I haven’t been posting nearly enough diatonic button accordion music around here lately. Here’s a lovely piece I stumbled on on the YouTube machine, uploaded there by duodiouflo
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Relic
Tuffy P and Ellie Mae check out the dead KFC in Long Branch.
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