I haven’t listened to this in a very long time. It’s from Songs for Drella by Lou Reed and John Cale, their fantastic tribute to Andy Warhol. These performances still hold up, at least to my ears, as if they were recorded yesterday.
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Waltz Time
Here’s some players who handle a waltz beautifully… This one below is on a “helicon” box, a diatonic accordion with long bass reeds for that oom-pah sound.
An Accordion Festival in Toronto?
Toronto needs an accordion festival. The city just doesn’t know it yet. Tuffy P and I are starting the conversation. How can we make this happen? I think the first step is to put together a group of organizers to brainstorm it out, make a… Read More
Cast King
When I first heard Saw Mill Man, the recording released by the then 79 year old singer back in 2005, it stopped me in my tracks. It’s a rough recording – nothing slick here – just stark, tough, stripped down performances of a set of… Read More
You’re Undecided
Here’s Barbara Pittman (Sun Records) That song was written by Johnny Burnette, a rockabilly pioneer who unfortunately died way too young in a tragic boating accident. Here’s Mr. Burnette and his combo playing Lonesome Train… Wow, this rock ‘n roll stuff just might catch on… Read More
The Train
For no reason I can think of, this afternoon I recalled a song I used to really like called The Train by The Roches. I had their first record, on vinyl of course. There was something about their harmonies and their quirky lyrics that captured… Read More
Being a Pirate
Here’s a fun version of Don Freed’s Being a Pirate…remember, you can’t be a pirate with all of your parts. And here’s the author of the song, Don Freed, singing All Night Long.
Polka Time
Here is Janiboy78, from YouTube playing a medley of Finnish polkas. I love the relaxed ease and confidence with which this player attacks the music. The bellows-shaking segment of this piece is delightful.
Maria Kalaniemi & Maija Karhinen “Severi suhosen jenkka”
Let me first say that I know practically nothing about Finnish folk music. Here we have five women playing diatonic button accordions. Delightful.
Corridinho Noite Algarvia
I came across this beautifully played corridinho today on YouTube. The player is Raul Godinho. I think he plays beautifully! A corridinho is a Portuguese dance form, common to the Algarve. It’s typically played quite fast in 4/4 time. Some of the corridinhos are quite… Read More
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