Here’s a lovely schottische Istumbled upon on YouTube, played on a two-row diatonic.
All posts tagged “accordion”
I can’t say I know…
Somebody landed on this chunk of blog real estate after having entered the following question in a search engine: “Are Norwegians Happy?” Seems like a sweeping generalization to me. I wondered how that strange question would lead someone to 27thstreet, until it struck me that… Read More
The Tar Road to Sligo
I like this jig – it has a great title too, doesn’t it?
Dolly
Here’s Paulino Bernal Paulino Bernal was born in 1939. Along with his brother Eloy and their group El Conjunto Bernal, he was a conjunto innovator and a diatonic accordion master, integrating an array of musical influences. In the early 70’s he gave up the “devil’s… Read More
Fogo Island Accordion Group
These guys make me grin…. From Wikipedia: Fogo Island is also home to the island’s one and only ‘Fogo Island Accordion Group’, which started up in the 1990s with 5 girls from the fogo island central academy with one of the islands teacher’s ‘Gerald Freake’.… Read More
The Swiss Waltz
Enjoy this lovely tune, played on triple row button accordion and concertina.
Fandangoa
Here’s some Basque accordion or trikitixa music, very nicely played on a beautiful instrument…
Galope à Benoit Dufresne
These boys are making some tasty jam. Very nice.
Le quadrille de Rivière-du-Loup
Looks like this fellow is playing a chromatic button accordion.
Playing for the Kids
I had the pleasure this morning to play for a group of kids at an early learning centre. First I did a short set for a group of “toddlers”. They were very quiet and seemed amazed at the sounds coming from my button accordion. Next… Read More