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All posts tagged “accordion”
Fontenot & Ardoin
I stumbled into this remarkable clip of Creole players Canray Fontenot on fiddle and Bois Sec Ardoin on accordion. Nice edgy blues feel about these tunes. I love the foot-stomping too. This performance is from 1966.
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
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.
Dominguinhos no Remelexo Brasil
Ivo Papazov and Petar Ralchev
Papazov on clarinet; Ralchev on accordion. Bulgarian Wedding Music. This really builds until it’s like drinking 10 cups of coffee in a row. This will get you going on a Sunday morning.
Clyde Forsman and Those Darn Accordions
Just for fun….
Mercy Mercy Mercy
This is Steve Jordan, performing the Joe Zawinul tune.
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