I was looking around the YouTube machine for something else entirely, and there in that right hand side column, this video was looking out at me, saying hey you, it’s me, Jonathan. Play me, ok? And so I did. It’s Jonathan Richman on a Conan… Read More
These are a little different than the polka music we mostly hear in North America. This is Clive Williams. You may recall I posted one of his performances the other day. Now here’s Mike Smith playing a French polka on hurdy gurdy.
I’ve been thinking about French Schottisches and learning to play a few of them on my button accordion. Here are some lovely examples I found on YouTube. Here is some very nice playing by a fellow whose YouTube handle is TheUniversalGenius… Now let’s move from… Read More
Most of us think of Scottish music and the Great Highland Bagpipes or perhaps Irish music and the Uilleann Pipes when we think about bagpipes, but variations of the instrument have been played for centuries through a lot of Europe, as well as other areas… Read More
Feeling all tore down today, no energy, generally lousy. I took the afternoon off work and slept, only waking up because the cats wanted to be fed and decided the thing to do was create total feline chaos until I got up to do it.… Read More
I’ve been teaching my button accordion student a little polka called the Bertha Polka and I wanted him to get a feel for some of the different approaches to attacking a polka, so we took a few minutes to surf around YouTube listening to some… Read More
I realize I haven’t posted nearly enough accordion music lately and some readers will be disappointed. I’ll try to make it up to you with a Saturday morning Daily Dose. Here’s a fellow named Sean Folsom playing a 3-row chromatic button accordion from 1900. Now… Read More
Tonight’s Daily Dose features Big Joe Williams, the King of the Nine String guitar. Wait, he’s the only guy who played a nine string guitar. He modified a six string. That makes him the king.
I know you’ve been waiting for this…..a Daily Dose of Bob Dylan covers, all played on ukulele. I ain’t gonna work on Maggie’s farm no more…. Most of the time… Make you feel my love… It ain’t me babe….
I’ve been listening to Tempest (the latest effort by Bob Dylan), in the car. This one came out with lots of hoopla, and when I heard the first (and by far the best) cut, Duquesne Whistle, I had high expectations. Although many reviewers seem to… Read More
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