Check out this fantastic video about Joe Derrane, an Irish-American button accordion player. It was uploaded to YouTube by the MassCulturalCouncil. I love his accordion too, with the square buttons. I’ve never seen one like it. ….and more…
I don’t know very much at all about Scottish button accordion music, but based on this performance, I could grow to like it quite a lot.
I’ve been suggesting to one of my button accordion students that he should try to feel the rhythm of the music through his whole body. I found a delightful video of a Fogo Island kitchen party that illustrates exactly what I mean, and I showed… Read More
Your Daily Dose tonight is some music from a Zydeco band called Fernest and the Thunders, led by a button accordion player named Fernest Arceneaux. Mr Arceneaux is gone now, but I remember seeing him and his band live here in Toronto back in the… Read More
A fellow contacted me during the week asking if I was the guy who taught button accordion. It is true that I have done a little bit of teaching. I have one regular student and another occasional student. I hadn’t thought about seeking another but… Read More
This is a very clear and informative video. I understand these folks make excellent accordions. I play a triple row diatonic, but I’d like to save up for a nice little one row box like this one day.
It’s Daily Dose time here at 27th Street. Tonight, I’m going to start off with a beautiful waltz by Cedric Watson and Bijou Creole. Wasn’t that pretty? Here’s Cedric Watson again, this time with Corey Ledet on triple-row button accordion Let’s stick with that Creole… Read More
I just heard on the radio that today marks the anniversary of the invention of the accordion. Let’s celebrate, friends. Of course the guy on the radio had some strange information, that the accordion was invented in Philadelphia in 1854, when any old fool knows… Read More
Some button accordion music for a Sunday afternoon… http://youtu.be/0sUo5BRkkIE
Two accordions are better than one, especially with players like these boys! And check out the awesome bones player.
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