Everything you ever wanted to know about the Chemnitzer Concertina but were afraid to ask can be found at ConcertinaMusic.com. One of the places I like to visit is the for sale section of the site, which features ads for a number of these beautiful… Read More
Occasionally a musician comes along who must come from some other place, somewhere else, another planet perhaps. As Sun Ra wrote, there are worlds they have not told you of… One of those musicians was Rahsaan Roland Kirk. He came from a very special planet,… Read More
I feel like a broke down engine ain’t got no drivin’ wheel. Tonight’s Daily Dose takes us back to Blind Willie McTell and his 12-string guitar. Here he is from 19 and 33. I was a teen-aged blues freak, and it didn’t stop into early… Read More
Pee Wee King was born Julius Frank Anthony Kuczynski in 1914 and lived until 2000. He was Polish-American from Milwaukee Wisconsin and he is best known as the co-writer of the Tennessee Waltz. His co-writer on that tune was Redd Steward. They wrote the tune… Read More
Today’s Daily Dose takes us down to Texas for a heaping helping of Conjunto music by Los Texmaniacs. This first video has some interview bits worked in and gives some good insight into the music. We saw this band at the International Accordion Festival down… Read More
I found this nice little video about Bob Tedrow the concertina maker.
The Bandoneon…
Courtesy of auclan who provided this video to YouTube…
Today’s Daily Dose takes us to Uruguay….La Sinfónica de Tambores And now, here’s Los Gauchos de Roldán and one more…
27th Street 