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"Ruthlessly pursuing the idea that the accordion is just another instrument." Join the front-lines of the Accordion Revolution, broadcasting around the world almost every Wednesday since 2006. From Punk to Piazzolla (a variety of loud rock and roll, and a famous tango composer). The most unexpected variety of squeezebox music you're likely to subscribe to today.
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Join us in this series of podcasts to learn more about the London Accordion Orchestra.
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A few weeks ago, our podcast host at the Internet Archive went offline following a big hack. Since there, we’ve necessarily experienced a month of delays before being able to get the weekly episodes of our hour-long accordion music broadcast to you folks out there in cyberspace. (Hey, it’s not like we missed anything important, […]…
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Not every month hosts a Bandcamp Friday, but this month does, so we’re here to encourage you to go financially support your favorite recording accordionists with the biggest cut in the online music storefront business — at least, for one day a month. All of the performers in this week’s episode of Accordion Noir should […]…
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Page one of the piano accordion sheet music to the “Farewell Polka” This week’s episode of Accordion Noir opens with a tribute to the recently passed Zulya of Australia and continues in a casuallly autumnal vein. If your Apple or Android (or plain old RSS) podcast subscriptions (strongly recommended!) haven’t alerted you to the episode’s availabili…
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The evenings grow chill again, the mornings thick with dew and fog, and a massive harvest moon loomed in the sky last night. We don’t have to tell Bruce it’s autumn, he’s already been told. He reflects upon this annual turn of the seasons in this week’s episode of our weekly alt-accordion broadcast. If […]…
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Last week we were presenting our mainline Vancouver accordion fest outdoors at a park, our eponymous Accordion Noir Festival (enjoy video documentation on YouTube!) kicked off lo these many years ago by Geoff Berner, and this weekend he’s at the heart of another one, the second installment of Vancouver’s Clean Air Festival! Casting the spotlight [……
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A month ago I alerted your regular Accordion Noir host Bruce Triggs that “Weird Al” Yankovic had just released a new polka medley to celebrate the ten-year anniversary 🗓️ of the release of his “Mandatory Fun” album, and maybe ours would be the kind of speciality radio program that might air it! Bruce doesn’t do […]…
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Here’s a little breather, a music-focused episode of Accordion Noir between two weeks leaning on guest interviews. Last week Bruce chatted with Emily-Rose Šárkova, and next week he’ll be talking polkas (again) with “Weird” Al! This week, though, he just played his standard mellow mix of outstanding squeezebox recordings. If your Apple or Android (o…
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(different interview, but the thumbnail was so applicable to our situation we couldn’t resist reusing it.) This past Sunday we learned about a traveling accordion performer who was scheduled to be performing in our town the following night and across our country in the following days and weeks. Jaron Freeman-Fox pointed her in our direction […]…
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(Note: despite the obvious superficial similarities in names and appearances, phonographs and gramophones are different things. One is the horned music player that plays from wax cylinders, and the other is the horned music player that plays from flat records. Like mixing up a VHS and a Betamax — very different!) Not content to rest […]…
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The wild thing about a festival of the age and breadth of scope of our Vancouver Folk Music Festival, is that in addition to the main draw — all the incredible international performers demonstrating their regional specialities typically not on tap locally — also if you go by the “merch table” tent, you have one […]…
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For our second concert in this years series of our live performances, the London Accordion Orchestra are preparing to play at the Broadway Theatre in Letchworth on Saturday 2nd July at 3pm. I meet one of our star players Derek Blythe who discusses what he and the Letchworth Settlement have done in continuing to make music to support their local are…
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In this episode I will be talking to composer, Marco Galvani about the piece he has written for accordion orchestra. Of which the orchestra is in rehearsal for our first concert in our 2022 series, which will be happening on Monday 18th of April at the Sacred Heart Church in Wimbledon.LAO
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In this episode I will be talking to special guests that participated in the Global Accordion Project Orchestra. For more information visit www.londonao.co.ukLAO
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In this episode I will be taking a look at Black Mountain, a new piece for Accordion Orchestra - premiered by LAO and written by Ian Watson. www.londonao.co.ukLAO
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In this episode I’ll be taking an in depth look at Widor's Toccata and Gershwin's Rhapsody In Blue. These are two of the pieces that we have programmed for our 20th Anniversary Gala Concert. www.londonao.co.ukLAO
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In this episode I’ll be looking back at the concert we played at the Union Chapel with clips from the orchestra, one of the solo pieces and talking to our special guest, singer Dillie Keane. www.londonao.co.ukLAO
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I will be taking a look at the programme and soloists that are playing at our up and coming concert at the Union Chapel. www.londonao.co.ukLAO
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In this episode I record the orchestra rehearse the exciting repertoire we will be performing at a concert in Skipton. www.londonao.co.ukLAO
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In this episode I talk to two players from the London Accordion Orchestra. www.londonao.co.ukLAO
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In this episode I will be talking to our music director, Ian Watson about recording the album Flight. www.londonao.co.ukLAO
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In this episode I'll be talking to players of the London Accordion Orchestra about our trip to Slovenia and the pieces that were programmed for our concert at the Slovenian Philharmonic Hall. www.londonao.co.ukLAO
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This is a podcast from the London Accordion Orchestra. www.londonao.co.ukLAO
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