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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 couple of weeks ago our regular host Bruce tried to seize the bull by the horns and broadcast an episode of our program from our home radio station, CFRO in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, mere blocks from his residence. He’s masterminded hundreds and hundreds of hours of broadcasts from the control board in its studios, […]…
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Today is Accordion Patent Approval Day, celebrating Cyrill Demian’s successfully getting the paperwork back with a stamp of approval in 1829 enshrining him as the inventor of the accordion! That’s after Patent Filing Day on May 6th, when the clock really started ticking. (And then there is Friedrich Buschmann’s 1822 claim, substantiated by more of …
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Last night’s new, hour-long episode of CFRO Co-Op Community Radio’s weekly Accordion Noir program celebrates the 195th anniversary of Cyrill Demian’s patenting of the first accordion! (Truly we are alive at a great time for accordion enthusiasts, with the instrument’s bicentennial only five years away.) In honour of the occasion, we played squeezy …
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Our spree has been a little disrupted by what we might describe as the intrusion of real life and the outside world, but we’re back on our nonsense again: the first Friday of the month is still Bandcamp Friday, and so we still champion the opportunity it represents to get your music entertainment budget into […]…
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On April 21st, 1994, the Polka was proclaimed the official state dance of Wisconsin. From that departure point, your host Bruce Triggs took an exploration into the wacky world of the most hated popular and fun dance fad that’s been going strong for nearly two centuries, since the 1830s! [Bruce interjects, “Whoa Rowan, I’d say […]…
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After another little glitch, we’re back, with an hour-long episode celebrating the recent win of the Canadian Folk Music Award for Antigonish County’s own Mary Beth Carty, who we’ve been boosting here since the Myspace days (Squeegees!), plus more squeezy music along a similar vein. If your Apple or Android (or plain old RSS) podcast subscriptions …
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Nothing is easy for poor Bruce, and the well-oiled operation of his getting these episodes out into the world and online is really starting to run up against rather more friction than we are accustomed to. (Maybe we shouldn’t have skimped on that bellows replacement after the first 500 thousand miles! Really it was just […]…
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Bruce’s technological issues we have recently reported on have only grown more acute as he attempts various remedies for his troubles, which have impacted our ability to get the program out to you, our faithful listeners, in a timely fashion. Here’s last week’s episode. If you know recent Apple hardware better than the bright bulbs […]…
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Something happened last night, and this week’s episode of our Accordion Noir broadcast failed to go out over the air in time to celebrate the occasion your host Bruce had planned for: the observance of the 17th anniversary (!?) of the first congregation of the Vancouver Squeezebox Circle, which has continued meeting up for the […]…
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Every week we share an hour (at least!) of accordion music in various styles representing different traditions from around the planet… and some of our episodes feature sub-themes that, sometimes retroactively, are surprisingly often informed by strange puns and wordplay. For this week’s program, host Bruce confides: This week’s theme is “Things wit…
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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.Oleh 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.ukOleh LAO
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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.ukOleh LAO
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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.ukOleh LAO
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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.ukOleh LAO
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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.ukOleh LAO
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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.ukOleh LAO
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In this episode I talk to two players from the London Accordion Orchestra. www.londonao.co.ukOleh LAO
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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.ukOleh LAO
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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.ukOleh LAO
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This is a podcast from the London Accordion Orchestra. www.londonao.co.ukOleh LAO
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