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It’s a concertina but it’s not a concertina…well, what is it?
The instrument I call the diatonic button accordion is known to Portuguese players simply as a concertina. This is kind of confusing because there are various kinds of concertinas, such as the chemnitzer, which is closer to a bandoneon, the duet concertina, the English concertina,… Read More
Careless Love
I posted some Careless Love over at SqueezeMyLemon for your listening pleasure.
Christmas Accordion
Sunnyland Slim
I posted this song, Why’d you put that thing on me over at SqueezemyLemon, the blues blog I sometimes post at. I liked it so much I thought I’d better share it here too. Here’s Tin Pan Alley And finally Here’s Sunnyland, with Little Hubert.… Read More
Cowboy songs
With all this talk about films in that genre we call The Western, I have a hankering to hear some cowboy tunes. Here’s Dan Reeder’s Cowboy Song. This one’s not for the kiddies. Here’s Tom Russell, one of my faves, performing Tonight we Ride. (I… Read More
Bulgarian Wedding Music
…featuring Neshko Neshev on accordion. Here is Rachenitza…
Los Texmaniacs
I’ve heard your grumbling: “Mister Anchovy, you just haven’t been posting enough button accordion music. Please sir, I want more.” OK OK, here’s a wee musical interlude featuring Los Texmaniacs. Bajo sexto player Max Baca created Los Texmaniacs in 1997. David Farias is the band’s… Read More
My Blue Heaven
I mentioned the song My Blue Heaven in my review of the Leon Redbone show, and it occurred to me that there might be a reader or two out there who do not know this chestnut. It was popularized by Gene Austin and later Fats… Read More
Leon Redbone at Hugh’s Room
Is this Yesterday? As Utah Phillips said, the past didn’t go anywhere. Last night, Leon Redbone summed it up at Hugh’s Room here in Toronto, “Is this yesterday?”. Mr. Redbone lives in the character he created for himself close to 40 years ago here in… Read More
27th Street 