Accordion.com.au http://accordion.com.au Australian Accordion News Blog Tue, 22 May 2012 22:30:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 REVIEW: Squeeze this!: a cultural history of the accordion in America http://accordion.com.au/review-squeeze-this-a-cultural-history-of-the-accordion-in-america/ http://accordion.com.au/review-squeeze-this-a-cultural-history-of-the-accordion-in-america/#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 22:30:56 +0000 News http://accordion.com.au/review-squeeze-this-a-cultural-history-of-the-accordion-in-america/ by Mike Doherty on Tuesday, May 22, 2012 4:50pm – 0 Comments As musical instruments go, the accordion is an odd duck. It has both bellows and buttons, reeds and keys. It's cumbersome but designed to be portable. It's stylistically versatile, but its …

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]]> http://accordion.com.au/review-squeeze-this-a-cultural-history-of-the-accordion-in-america/feed/ 0 See the Alexander Brothers in concert for free http://accordion.com.au/see-the-alexander-brothers-in-concert-for-free/ http://accordion.com.au/see-the-alexander-brothers-in-concert-for-free/#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 17:38:52 +0000 News http://accordion.com.au/see-the-alexander-brothers-in-concert-for-free/ The concert has been arranged by the Graham Laurie Paisley Accordion Orchestra which will also be taking to the stage. Since 1986 this UK championship winning orchestra have pushed accordion musical boundaries touring all over the world, …

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]]> http://accordion.com.au/hot-talents-from-japan-visits-the-waldorf/feed/ 0 NZ’s worst album covers http://accordion.com.au/nzs-worst-album-covers/ http://accordion.com.au/nzs-worst-album-covers/#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 02:52:03 +0000 News http://accordion.com.au/nzs-worst-album-covers/ NZ's worst album coversBut as well as being a versatile singer, he is arguably New Zealand's top accordion player. He is the Dan Carter of the accordion. Lionel is also an accomplished conductor – in 2007 he conducted the New Zealand North Shore Accordion Orchestra in …

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]]> http://accordion.com.au/nzs-worst-album-covers/feed/ 0 Cotton candy and Viking Village: sunny weekend for Viking Fest http://accordion.com.au/cotton-candy-and-viking-village-sunny-weekend-for-viking-fest/ http://accordion.com.au/cotton-candy-and-viking-village-sunny-weekend-for-viking-fest/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 23:56:01 +0000 News http://accordion.com.au/cotton-candy-and-viking-village-sunny-weekend-for-viking-fest/ POULSBO Strange sounds mixed together last weekend: hammer on anvil, deep tones from a cow horn, accordion music, laughter and jokes, and shrieks from carnival riders. All culminating in the unique event that is Poulsbo's Viking Fest.and more » …

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]]> http://accordion.com.au/cotton-candy-and-viking-village-sunny-weekend-for-viking-fest/feed/ 0 Pencil This In: Content for New Media Panel Discussion, Experimental Accordion … http://accordion.com.au/pencil-this-in-content-for-new-media-panel-discussion-experimental-accordion/ http://accordion.com.au/pencil-this-in-content-for-new-media-panel-discussion-experimental-accordion/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 23:55:59 +0000 News http://accordion.com.au/pencil-this-in-content-for-new-media-panel-discussion-experimental-accordion/ Pencil This In: Content for New Media Panel Discussion, Experimental Accordion …

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]]> http://accordion.com.au/pencil-this-in-content-for-new-media-panel-discussion-experimental-accordion/feed/ 0 When Pomp and Circumstance Collide: College Graduates and the March Back Home http://accordion.com.au/when-pomp-and-circumstance-collide-college-graduates-and-the-march-back-home/ http://accordion.com.au/when-pomp-and-circumstance-collide-college-graduates-and-the-march-back-home/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 20:25:57 +0000 News http://accordion.com.au/when-pomp-and-circumstance-collide-college-graduates-and-the-march-back-home/ Johns Hopkins University sociologist Katherine Newman estimates that about 85 percent of today's college students will return home to live at some point after they graduate, based on her research for her latest book, The Accordion Family: Boomerang …

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]]> http://accordion.com.au/when-pomp-and-circumstance-collide-college-graduates-and-the-march-back-home/feed/ 0 Local history: Little accordionist Patsy Pace a national talent in 1937 http://accordion.com.au/local-history-little-accordionist-patsy-pace-a-national-talent-in-1937/ http://accordion.com.au/local-history-little-accordionist-patsy-pace-a-national-talent-in-1937/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 20:25:54 +0000 News http://accordion.com.au/local-history-little-accordionist-patsy-pace-a-national-talent-in-1937/ By Mark J. Price file photo Bryan Elementary student Patsy Pace, 7, built a repertoire of more than 200 songs on his accordion. He started playing the instrument when he was 4 years old. The big accordion had little legs beneath it …

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]]> http://accordion.com.au/local-history-little-accordionist-patsy-pace-a-national-talent-in-1937/feed/ 0 Music & Market May 25 to Feature Goldman Thibodeaux & the Lawtell Playboys http://accordion.com.au/music-market-may-25-to-feature-goldman-thibodeaux-the-lawtell-playboys/ http://accordion.com.au/music-market-may-25-to-feature-goldman-thibodeaux-the-lawtell-playboys/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 17:03:49 +0000 News http://accordion.com.au/music-market-may-25-to-feature-goldman-thibodeaux-the-lawtell-playboys/ (Opelousas,LA) -Music & Market wraps up its spring series Friday, May 25th with a performance by Creole musician and accordion player Goldman Thibodeaux along with the Lawtell Playboys. The event is scheduled from 5:30 – 8:30 pm, with music beginning …

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]]> http://accordion.com.au/music-market-may-25-to-feature-goldman-thibodeaux-the-lawtell-playboys/feed/ 0 With Checkered Past, Somerville Celebrates Its New Identity http://accordion.com.au/with-checkered-past-somerville-celebrates-its-new-identity/ http://accordion.com.au/with-checkered-past-somerville-celebrates-its-new-identity/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 14:23:07 +0000 News http://accordion.com.au/with-checkered-past-somerville-celebrates-its-new-identity/ Two blocks from Union Square in Somerville, an Eastern European-style band plays on a violin, accordion and electric guitar. This act is only one of the performances in Porchfest, an eclectic mix of instruments in a city that has, over the past 20 …

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