There’s a lot going on in this week’s episode of Accordion Noir — Bruce is back live on the air and apparently free-associating currents of themes as he navigates his way through his music collection. Is this episode about the current spate of warm weather, the recent folk music festival, or the discovery that the typewriter and accordion share the same year of patent? Yes. If your Apple or YouTube or iHeartRadio (or plain old RSS) podcast subscriptions (strongly recommended!) haven’t alerted you to this Accordion Noir episode’s availability yet, you can enjoy listening to it as digital audio courtesy of the Internet Archive. If you haven’t yet, please consider making a pledge to our parent radio station CFRO for its membership drive! And now, here’s the playlist of this week’s episode:

Accordion Noir 2026-07-22, Wednesday Comes Forth in July

Bruce recovering from the Folk Festival, the heat, the smoke, asthma, and so forth.

Pretty good set, except the end petered out as Bruce tried to talk over a typewriter sound-effect reel.
That’s the reduction of perfectionism that’s come with our return to live radio.

Catch the Fugitives at the Mission Folk Festival (Fri–Sat, July 24–26) and tell them you miss their accordion players if they don’t pull one out of the crowd:
https://www.fugitives.ca/ – https://missionfolkmusicfestival.ca/

* Co-op Radio Day Camp (2026)
This summer, Vancouver Co-op Radio is launching an exciting Radio Day Camp for youth aged 10–14. This interactive program is designed to spark creativity, teamwork, and confidence through hands-on broadcasting and media workshops.

Sponsor a child for $60/day or $300/week, donate pizza, supplies or equipment.
Donate here: https://coopradio.org/support-the-next-generation-of-young-broadcasters/

* Artist – “Song” – Album (Date) – Where they’re from – Artist Links – Comments

* The Dardanelles – ‟The Many Voices of Accordion Noir, PRA 100.5 FM” – tune “Boyd’s Cove Singles” – The Dardanelles (2009) – Newfoundland, Canada – http://thedardanelles.com/ – https://thedards.bandcamp.com/releases

* The Outside Track – ‟Madam, Madam” – Curious Things Given Wings (2010) – Scotland, Ireland, and Cape Breton, Canada – Fiona Black, acc.   www.theOutsideTrack.com – https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/the-outside-track
* Fugitives – ‟Graffiti Sex” – In Streetlight Communication (2007) – Vancouver, Canada – http://www.fugitives.ca/
* C.J. Chenier & The Red Hot Louisiana Band – ‟Too Much Fun” – Too Much Fun (1995) – Port Arthur, Texas, USA – http://www.officialcjchenier.com –
* Alex Meixner – ‟Kimberly” – Stay All Night (0) – Denton, Texas, USA – http://alexmeixner.com/Welcome.htmlwww.polkafreakout.com
* Aaron Collis – ‟Before Daylight in the Morning / Bren Tobin’s Jigs” – Before Daylight in the Morning (2022) – Newfoundland, Canada – https://aaroncollis.com
* Diab Quintet – ‟La No Buleria del fantasma azul” – Seagull Tango (2016) – Liège, Belgium – Jonathan De Neck, Diatonic Acc. https://homerecordsbe.bandcamp.com/album/seagull-tango
* Rattletrap Ruckus – ‟Temperamental Rag” – Redlight Rag (2013) – Bellingham, WA, USA – www.RattletrapRuckus.com  Lucas Hicks, acc.
* Al Clauser & His Oklahoma Outlaws – ‟I Ain’t Lazy Baby I’m Just Tired” – from Kevin Coffey’s personal collection (1947) – Fort Worth, Texas, USA – (Eddie Grady, or possibly Charles Goodwin, acc.)
* The Waterboys – ‟The Trip To Broadford” – Room to Roam [Deluxe Version] [Disc 1] (1990) – Scotland, Ireland, UK – Sharon Shannon, acc. – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_to_Roam
* Tin Hat – ‟Dionysus” – The Sad Machinary Of Spring (2006) – USA, San Francisco – http://www.tinhattrio.com/
* Amadou Barry – ‟Track 01” – Super Accordeon Du Fouta – Djiba Mane (0) – Guinea, Africa – I got this from Jared Snyder – NOT the cassette available on the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/amadou-barry-super-accordeon-du-fouta-b-3-lumben
* Al Dexter – ‟Fisherman’s Boogie” – The Original Pistol Packin’ Mama (0) –  –
* Pinata Protest – ‟Apogee” – Necio Nights (2017) – San Antonio, Texas, USA – http://www.pinataprotestband.com/
*  ‟Office, Typewriter” (Playing this sound effect record live distracted me so much I forgot what I was going to say. Uncomfortable live radio stumble here. Yikes.)
* Co-Op Radio – ‟Sponsor a child for $60/day or $300/week, donate pizza, supplies or equipment.” – Co-op Radio Day Camp (2026) – Vancouver, BC, Canada – Donate here: https://coopradio.org/support-the-next-generation-of-young-broadcasters/
* Ongoing: Community Radio Initiative campaign, aimed at supporting Canadian community radio – If you’re Canadian you can click this link and send personal emails to your local Members of Parliament that will help Accordion Noir and stations like Vancouver’s Co-op Radio across the country – You’ll be our accordion radio hero, so do it while listening to today’s episode! – https://www.cri-irc.ca/
* ‟Office, Typewriter” – Remembered I wanted the typewriter sound-effect to introduce this “typewriter” song to commemorate the coincidental patenting of William Burt’s 1829 “Typographer” typewriter patent (first US typewriter patent) on the same year as Cyrill Demian’s “Accordion” patent. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typographer_(typewriter)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typographer_(typewriter)
* Maria Arambula – ‟Typewriters and Guns” – Ray City, Georgia, USA – bit of acc at the end of this track. – Not sure if Arambula is the one who ran for City Council and did Library stuff down there in Ray City. Can’t recall if they sent us this track directly? My record keeping is fading out at the end of this episode. Blame everything on the smoke.

Thanks for reading us here (and hopefully listening to us, there), but if you find you want more, you can always keep up with us on Mastodon (@[email protected]) and BlueSky (accordionnoir.bsky.social), Instagram (@AccordionNoirFest), and Facebook at Accordion Noir fans, the Accordion Noir Festival, and the Vancouver Squeezebox Circle.  Cheers & squeeze on!

The latest episode of CFRO’s weekly alt-squeezebox Accordion Noir broadcast shines the spotlight on accordionic performances coming up at this year’s installment of the long-running Vancouver Folk Music Festival, which we have previewed many times over the past couple of decades. If your Apple or YouTube or iHeartRadio (or plain old RSS) podcast subscriptions (strongly recommended!) haven’t alerted you to this Accordion Noir episode’s availability yet, you can enjoy listening to it as digital audio courtesy of the Internet Archive. If you haven’t yet, please consider making a pledge to our parent radio station CFRO for its membership drive! And now, here’s the playlist of this week’s episode:

Recommendations not to miss at the Vancouver Folk Music Festival!

This year’s accordion groups La Déferlance from Québec, and Yagódy from Ukraine are both playing on Saturday, July 18. Do not miss Yagódy on the West Stage (over beyond the Main Stage) early at 10:30 am Saturday, because these two accordion bands at the festival are then double-booked at 4:40 pm (Sat) so you’ll have to pick one. La Déferlance are also doing a Sunday July 19, noonish shared-stage (“workshop” in Canadian folk-fest jargon) with Scottish small-pipe wiz Brighde Chaimbeul. Included on this week’s Acc Noir episode in an act of Bagpipe solidarity, Chaimbeul is also playing at Noon+10 on Saturday at Vancouver Squeezebox Circle leader Alan Zisman’s East Stage to the right of the gate past the kid’s area.

We also played Billy Bragg on tonight’s episode, who’s playing at the Festival Main-Stage on Saturday night. He might not bring an accordionist, but you never know when you’ll see one. If you do, let me know if you can and maybe I can interview them.

* Co-op Radio Day Camp (2026)
This summer, Vancouver Co-op Radio is launching an exciting Radio Day Camp for youth aged 10–14. This interactive program is designed to spark creativity, teamwork, and confidence through hands-on broadcasting and media workshops.

Sponsor a child for $60/day or $300/week, donate pizza, supplies or equipment.
Donate here: https://coopradio.org/support-the-next-generation-of-young-broadcasters/

* Artist – “Song” – Album (Date) – Where they’re from – Artist Links – Comments

* The Dardanelles – ‟The Many Voices of Accordion Noir, PRA 100.5 FM” – tune “Boyd’s Cove Singles” – The Dardanelles (2009) – Newfoundland, Canada – http://thedardanelles.com/ – https://thedards.bandcamp.com/releases

* Vancouver Folk Music Festival (July 17, 18, 19 2026) – Vancouver, BC, Canada – https://thefestival.bc.ca/

* CP2607 – until july 19 – ‟Van Folk Music Festival (July 17, 18, 19 2026)” –  (0) – Vancouver, BC, Canada – https://thefestival.bc.ca/
* La Déferlance – ‟Forcalquier” – Âmes des bois (2025) – Quebec City, Québec, Canada – Marie-Desneiges Hamel, acc. – https://ladeferlance.com/ – https://ladeferlance.bandcamp.com
* Yagódy – ‟Ne lamai kalynu (2025)” – Single (2025) – Ukraine – https://yagody.org/ – https://yagodyofficial.bandcamp.com
* Brìghde Chaimbeul – ‟Tha Fonn Gun Bhi Trom (I Am Disposed Of Mirth)” – Carry Them With Us – Songlines Magazine CD #188 (June 2023) (2023) – Sleat, Isle of Skye, Scotland – https://www.brichaimbeul.com – https://brighdechaimbeul.bandcamp.com
* Billy Bragg & Wilco – ‟Way Over Yonder In The Minor Key (featuring Natalie Merchant)” – Mermaid Avenue (1998) – England/USA – Elizabeth Steen, acc.  Eliza Carthy, fiddle. – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mermaid_Avenue
* Yagódy – ‟Koni (2025)” – Single (2025) – Ukraine – https://yagody.org/ – https://yagodyofficial.bandcamp.com
* La Déferlance – ‟Le bégayeux” – Âmes des bois (2025) – Quebec City, Québec, Canada – Marie-Desneiges Hamel, acc. – https://ladeferlance.com/ – https://ladeferlance.bandcamp.com
* Geoff Berner – ‟How To Build A Corsi-Rosenthal Box” – 7 Plague Songs (2023) – Vancouver, BC, Canada – http://www.geoffberner.com/ – https://geoffberner.bandcamp.com
* Monsieur Camembert (after Leonard Cohen) (and Bo Diddley?) – ‟Who By Fire (featuring Elana Stone)” – Famous Blue Cheese – the Leonard Cohen Show (2007) – Sydney, Australia – Marcello Maio, acc. – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsieur_Camembert
* Yagódy – ‟BramaYA (2025)” – Single (2025) – Ukraine – https://yagody.org/ – https://yagodyofficial.bandcamp.com
* Martin Green – ‟Etteridge – Featuring Brìghde Chaimbeul” – The Portal (2020) – UK / Sleat, Isle of Skye, Scotland – www.martingreenmusic.co.ukhttps://martingreenmusic.bandcamp.com/album/the-portal
* La Déferlance – ‟La coureuse d’érables” – Âmes des bois (2025) – Quebec City, Québec, Canada – Marie-Desneiges Hamel, acc. – https://ladeferlance.com/ – https://ladeferlance.bandcamp.com
* Co-Op Radio – ‟Sponsor a child for $60/day or $300/week, donate pizza, supplies or equipment.” – Co-op Radio Day Camp (2026) – Vancouver, BC, Canada – Donate here: https://coopradio.org/support-the-next-generation-of-young-broadcasters/
* Ongoing: Community Radio Initiative campaign, aimed at supporting Canadian community radio – If you’re Canadian you can click this link and send personal emails to your local Members of Parliament that will help Accordion Noir and stations like Vancouver’s Co-op Radio across the country – You’ll be our accordion radio hero, so do it while listening to today’s episode! – https://www.cri-irc.ca/

Geoff Berner – ‟How To Build A Corsi-Rosenthal Box”– 7 Plague Songs (2023) – Vancouver, BC, Canada – http://www.geoffberner.com/ – https://geoffberner.bandcamp.com

Also: over on Mastodon they’re starting talking about #ThisIsNotFine and proposing everything from contacting your MP’s on up:
https://flipping.rocks/@nev/116919528182502589

“Postcards may be sent postage-free to any Member of Parliament at the following address:”

[Name of Member of Parliament]
House of Commons
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada
K1A 0A6

Find your MP:
https://www.ourcommons.ca/en/contact-us

Thanks for reading us here (and hopefully listening to us, there), but if you find you want more, you can always keep up with us on Mastodon (@[email protected]) and BlueSky (accordionnoir.bsky.social), Instagram (@AccordionNoirFest), and Facebook at Accordion Noir fans, the Accordion Noir Festival, and the Vancouver Squeezebox Circle.  Cheers & squeeze on!

Inspiration comes from curious observations, and this week Bruce had one of the more curious, perceiving a numerical sequence in the date.  Consequently all of the musical selections also involve numbers and numerals… something to dwell on while you contemplate the 120 buttons on the Stradella side of your piano accordion! If your Apple or YouTube or iHeartRadio (or plain old RSS) podcast subscriptions (strongly recommended!) haven’t alerted you to this Accordion Noir episode’s availability yet, you can enjoy listening to it as digital audio courtesy of the Internet Archive. If you haven’t yet, please consider making a pledge to our parent radio station CFRO for its membership drive! And now, here’s the playlist of this week’s episode:

AccNoir–2026-07-08, Six, Seven, Eight

Learn basic Number Skills with the help of the Accordion!

This week’s tenuous episode theme brought to you by the inconsequential congruence of a few of the numerals in the date when lined up in the only logical order: 2026-07-08

Also mentioned this episode:

2026 ACCORDION SEMINARS
EVOLUTION IN THE REALM OF PERMANENT TRANSITION
Dr William Schimmel, curator – Our 32nd year –
Sponsored by: THE ACCORDION GLOBAL ASSOCIATION
July 31 August 1 and 2 – virtual
Master Classes at 3 PM – Concerts at 4 PM
Info and Reservations: – AccordionBill@gmail,com – 917 498 6823 – 212 876 0827
https://billschimmel.com/2016seminars/
https://www.facebook.com/events/2335542546964144

* NimbleFingers Bluegrass and Old Time Festival (Take your accordion in the name of original Bluegrass Girl Sally Ann Forrester) – Sorento, BC, Canada – Workshop Week 1: July 5–10, 2026 – Festival: July 11, 2026 – Workshop Week 2: July 12–17, 2026 – https://www.nimblefingers.ca

* Co-op Radio Day Camp (2026)
This summer, Vancouver Co-op Radio is launching an exciting Radio Day Camp for youth aged 10–14. This interactive program is designed to spark creativity, teamwork, and confidence through hands-on broadcasting and media workshops.

Sponsor a child for $60/day or $300/week, donate pizza, supplies or equipment.
Donate here: https://coopradio.org/support-the-next-generation-of-young-broadcasters/

* Artist – “Song” – Album (Date) – Where they’re from – Artist Links – Comments

* The Dardanelles – ‟The Many Voices of Accordion Noir, PRA 100.5 FM” – tune “Boyd’s Cove Singles” – The Dardanelles (2009) – Newfoundland, Canada – http://thedardanelles.com/ – https://thedards.bandcamp.com/releases

* Creaking Planks – ‟Numbers and Names” – Flogged Round the Fleet () – Vancouver, BC, Canada – http://creakingplanks.com/
* Flaco Jiménez – ‟Borracho #1” – Buena Suerte, Señorita (2015) – San Antonio, Texas, USA – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flaco_Jiménez
* Unknown – “African Test Pressing #2” – Excavated Shellac  – (“The matrix number on this disk is right next to one labeled ‘Zulu men,’ so this may be from South Africa”) – The story of this disk (and guesses on its origin): https://excavatedshellac.com/category/south-africa/
* John Delafose & The Eunice Playboys – ‟Joe Pete Lost His Two Women” – Joe Pete Got Two Women (2011) – Louisiana, USA – https://folkways.si.edu/arhoolie
* Henry Doktorski – ‟Three Preludes, 3” – Classical Accordion Recital (2005) – USA – henrydoktorski.com
* The Ciderhouse Rebellion & Kirsty Merryn – ‟Knock Four Times” – The Devil’s On The Mast (2023) – England, UK – Kirsty Merryn, voc; Murray Grainger, acc; Adam Summerhayes, fiddle – https://theciderhouserebellion.com – https://theciderhouserebellion.bandcamp.com – kirstymerryn.com
* Buckwheat Zydeco – ‟Five Card Stud” – Ultimate Collection (1994) – Lafayette, Louisiana, USA – https://www.buckwheatzydeco.com
* Paul Friedman And Jody Kruskal – ‟Wreck of the Six Wheeler” – Paul & Jody (2010) – Brooklyn, New York (USA) – http://www.jodykruskal.com
* Amsterdam Klezmer Band – ‟Magnificent Seven Medley” – Mokum (2012) – Amsterdam, the Netherlands – www.amsterdamklezmerband.nl
* Blowzabella – ‟Eight Step Waltz / Lisa / Stukka Gruppa” – Compilation (1995) – UK – http://blowzabella.com
* Kurt Hoffman’s Band of Weeds – ‟Revolution #9” – I Water Your Dreams: The Complete Studio Tracks (1991-93) (2011) – New York, New York, USA – Anne DeMarinis, acc. – http://bandofweeds.bandcamp.com
* Pee Wee King (Frank Julius Anthony Kuczynski) – ‟Ten Gallon Boogie” – Blue Suede Shoes: Gonna Shake This Shack Tonight (1947) – Milwaukee, Wisconsin / Nashville, Tennessee, USA – http://www.bear-family.de   Bill Haley’s “rock around the clock” a few years later sounds like this doesn’t it? This song is the ring-tone that reminds me to be ready to do the radio show every week. – My candidate for the accordion version of: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_rock_and_roll_record
* Creaking Planks – ‟Song of the Count” – Untitled Demo (year?) – Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada – http://creakingplanks.com/
* Lozenge – ‟Numbercrunchr” – Doozy (2000) – Chicago, Illinois, USA – Kyle Bruckmann, acc. – http://kylebruckmann.com/category/lozenge/
* The Scarring Party – ‟Ten Thousand Steps” – Woke Up With Fangs (2011) – Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA – http://scarringparty.bandcamp.com
* Night of 1000 Buttons Audience – ‟Eleven More Songs chant” – From the “Night of a Thousand Buttons”
 Railway Club, Vancouver, BC, Canada, (Jan 25, 2008)
* Summer Radio Day Camp PSA (play until July 20)” – Co-op Radio Day Camp (2026) – Register your kid for our Summer Radio Day Camp: https://coopradio.org/register-to-our-summer-radio-day-camp/
* Ongoing the Community Radio Initiative campaign, aimed at supporting Canadian community radio. If you’re Canadian you can click this link and send personal emails to your local Members of Parliament that will help Accordion Noir and stations like Vancouver’s Co-op Radio across the country. You’ll be our accordion radio hero, so do it while listening to today’s episode!
https://www.cri-irc.ca/

Thanks for reading us here (and hopefully listening to us, there), but if you find you want more, you can always keep up with us on Mastodon (@[email protected]) and BlueSky (accordionnoir.bsky.social), Instagram (@AccordionNoirFest), and Facebook at Accordion Noir fans, the Accordion Noir Festival, and the Vancouver Squeezebox Circle.  Cheers & squeeze on!

This year, for Canada Day, Bruce presented a slate of accordion tunes made by Canadian accordionists, past and present. Simple and direct! If your Apple or YouTube or iHeartRadio (or plain old RSS) podcast subscriptions (strongly recommended!) haven’t alerted you to this Accordion Noir episode’s availability yet, you can enjoy listening to it as digital audio courtesy of the Internet Archive. If you haven’t yet, please consider making a pledge to our parent radio station CFRO for its membership drive! And now, here’s the playlist of this week’s episode:

AccNoir–2026-07-01, Canada Day Oh!

Donate Now – FIRST PEOPLES’ CULTURAL FOUNDATION
Accordion Hero Geoff Berner suggests donating to Indigenous language revitalization for Canada Day. Please join us:

The First Peoples’ Cultural Foundation is an Indigenous-led registered charity that funds community-based revitalization of Indigenous languages, arts and cultural heritage.
https://www.canadahelps.org/en/dn/7008

Also:
* Nimble Fingers Bluegrass and Old Time Festival (Take your accordion in the name of original Bluegrass Girl Sally Ann Forrester) – Sorento, BC, Canada – Workshop Week 1: July 5–10, 2026 – Festival: July 11, 2026 – Workshop Week 2: July 12–17, 2026 – https://www.nimblefingers.ca

* Sponsor a child for Co-op Radio Day Camp! $60/day or $300/week, donate pizza, supplies or equipment – Vancouver, BC, Canada – Donate here: https://coopradio.org/support-the-next-generation-of-young-broadcasters/

Tonight’s playlist of Canada Day Content!

* Artist – “Song” – Album (Date) – Where they’re from – Artist Links – Comments

* The Dardanelles – ‟The Many Voices of Accordion Noir, PRA 100.5 FM” – tune “Boyd’s Cove Singles” – The Dardanelles (2009) – Newfoundland, Canada – http://thedardanelles.com/ – https://thedards.bandcamp.com/releases

* Quartetto Gelato – ‟Anon: Dark Eyes” – Quartetto Gelato (2005) – Toronto, Ontario, Canada – http://quartettogelato.ca/
* Ana Bon-Bon – ‟Snake Bite” – Night of 1000 Buttons (2008) – From the “Night of a Thousand Buttons”
 Railway Club, Vancouver, BC, Canada, (Jan 25, 2008) – www.anabonbon.com
* De Temps Antan – ‟Jeune et Jolie” – Les Habits de Papier (2010) – Quebec, Canada – http://detempsantan.qc.ca/en
* Ten Thousand Wolves – ‟Sleepy Eyed John” – Ten Thousand Wolves: Johnny Horton Remix (2014) – Vancouver, BC, Canada – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Adler – (We’ve got to update her Wikipedia links)
* Philippe Bruneau – ‟Swing La Gaspésienne / Gaspé Swing” – Philippe Bruneau (1973) – Quebec, Canada – http://www.qim.com/artistes/biographie.asp?artistid=94
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/articles/emc/philippe-bruneau
* Van Folk Music Festival (July 17, 18, 19 2026) – Vancouver, BC, Canada – https://thefestival.bc.ca/
* La Déferlance – ‟Âmes des bois” – Âmes des bois (2025) – Quebec City, Québec, Canada – Marie-Desneiges Hamel, acc. – https://ladeferlance.com/ – https://ladeferlance.bandcamp.com
* Elly Kelly – ‟Wotton’s Reel” – Home Sweet Home (2008) – New Brunswick, Canada – https://www.northumberlandnews.com/news/the-world-accordion-to-campbellfords-elly-kelly/article_d385b78f-7fec-5565-b6fc-1eeabeca2f03.html – https://www.weaverfuneralhomes.com/obituaries/Elly-Kelly?obId=362006
* Loreena McKennitt – ‟The Highwayman” – The Book Of Secrets (1997) – Stratford, Ontario, Canada – https://loreenamckennitt.com
* Kapik Pudlat – ‟Track 12?” – Pangnirtung Music Festival 1999 disk 1 (1999) – Cape Dorset, Nunavut, Canada – From David Idoris Boileau (who made the recordings). “http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pangnirtung,_Nunavut
* Minnie White – ‟Coastal Memories” – The Hills Of Home (1994) – Newfoundland, Canada – http://www.rambles.net/white_hills94.html – https://www.fredsrecords.com/site/shop/minnie-white-the-hills-of-home/
* Gordon Fleming – ‟The Song Is Ended” – According To Gordie (year?) – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada – http://famgroup.ca/gordiefleming/navigation/gordie.htm (Internet Archive)
* Polka Dogs – ‟If I Could Say I Love You” – The Bee (2018) – Toronto, Ontario, Canada – Tiina Kiik, acc. – http://thepolkadogs.com
* Joseph Plante, accordéon – ‟Marche des pompiers = March of” – Digital Gramophone, Library and Archives Canada (1930) – Montréal, Québec, Canada – https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/virtual-gramophone/pages/virtual-gramophone.aspx – www.nlc-bnc.ca
* Summer Radio Day Camp (2026) – Vancouver, BC, Canada – Register your kid for our Summer Radio Day Camp: https://coopradio.org/register-to-our-summer-radio-day-camp/
* Ongoing the Community Radio Initiative campaign, aimed at supporting Canadian community radio. If you’re Canadian you can click this link and send personal emails to your local Members of Parliament that will help Accordion Noir and stations like Vancouver’s Co-op Radio across the country – https://www.cri-irc.ca/

Thanks for reading us here (and hopefully listening to us, there), but if you find you want more, you can always keep up with us on Mastodon (@[email protected]) and BlueSky (accordionnoir.bsky.social), Instagram (@AccordionNoirFest), and Facebook at Accordion Noir fans, the Accordion Noir Festival, and the Vancouver Squeezebox Circle.  Cheers & squeeze on!

Greetings and welcome to another episode of CFRO’s weekly hour-long Accordion Noir broadcast! Bruce is in a summery mood (a mid one?) so that has informed this week’s selection of squeezy songs for your listening enjoyment.  If your Apple or YouTube or iHeartRadio (or plain old RSS) podcast subscriptions (strongly recommended!) haven’t alerted you to this Accordion Noir episode’s availability yet, you can enjoy listening to it as digital audio courtesy of the Internet Archive. If you haven’t yet, please consider making a pledge to our parent radio station CFRO for its membership drive! And now, here’s the playlist of this week’s episode:

AccNoir–2026-06-24, Still Mostly Midsummarizing

* Co-op Radio Day Camp (2026)
This summer, Vancouver Co-op Radio is launching an exciting Radio Day Camp for youth aged 10–14. This interactive program is designed to spark creativity, teamwork, and confidence through hands-on broadcasting and media workshops.

Sponsor a child for $60/day or $300/week, donate pizza, supplies or equipment.
Donate here: https://coopradio.org/support-the-next-generation-of-young-broadcasters/

* Vancouver Folk Music Festival is coming up – July 17, 18, 19 2026, Vancouver, BC, Canada – https://thefestival.bc.ca/

* Artist – “Song” – Album (Date) – Where they’re from – Artist Links – Comments

* The Dardanelles – ‟The Many Voices of Accordion Noir, PRA 100.5 FM” – tune “Boyd’s Cove Singles” – The Dardanelles (2009) – Newfoundland, Canada – http://thedardanelles.com/ – https://thedards.bandcamp.com/releases

* Swamperella – ‟Bosco Stomp” – Swamperella (2001) – Toronto, Ontario, Canada – http://www.swamperella.com/
* Alexander Sevastian – ‟D. Scarlatti. Sonata In D” – A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2005) – Thornhill, Ontario, Canada – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Sevastian
* The Ciderhouse Rebellion – ‟As we party oblivious ” – And Even the Sheep Shall Dance (2024) – England, UK – Adam Summerhayes, fiddle; Murray Grainger, piano acc. – http://theciderhouserebellion.com/ – https://theciderhouserebellion.bandcamp.com
* Aldo Granato – ‟Aérosphère” – La Noche (2006) – Belgium – https://dionacore.be – https://www.facebook.com/aldogranato
* Hossam Ramzy – ‟Sanatein Wanahyel Feek!” (“I have pleaded with you for two years”) – El Amar (The Moon) (2000) – Egypt, North Africa – Belly Dance,  Mohsen Allaam, acc.
* Lars Hollmer – ‟Boeves Psalm” – Swedish Summer Favorites (year?) – Sweden – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lars_Hollmer
* Trio Mio – ‟Wrong Word, Right?” – Pigeon Folk Pieces (2005) – Denmark – http://www.triomio.dk/index_e.html
* Oysterband – ‟Mississippi Summer (Alt. Version)” – This House Will Stand (2016) – UK – http://www.oysterband.co.uk
* Michael Reinhart – ‟Bide My Time” – Echo (2013) – Montreal, Quebec, Canada – www.MichaelReinhart.com
* Emily Portman & Rob Harbron – ‟Meeting Point” – Time Was Away (2022) – UK – http://www.emilyportman.co.uk
https://robharbron.com (Rob plays English Concertina in Leveret) – https://emilyandrob.uk/ – https://emilyandrob.bandcamp.com/
* Clifton Chenier – ‟French Zydeco” – Live! At The 1966 Berkeley Blues Festival (1966) – Bogalusa, Louisiana, USA – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifton_Chenier
* Clifton Chenier – ‟What’d I Say” – Live! At The 1966 Berkeley Blues Festival (1966)

* Summer Radio Day Camp PSA (play until July 20)” – Co-op Radio Day Camp (2026) – Register your kid for our Summer Radio Day Camp: https://coopradio.org/register-to-our-summer-radio-day-camp/
*  NimbleFingers Bluegrass and Old Time Festival (Take your accordion in the name of original Bluegrass Girl Sally Ann Forrester) – Sorento, BC, Canada – Workshop Week 1: July 5–10, 2026 – Festival: July 11, 2026 – Workshop Week 2: July 12–17, 2026 – https://www.nimblefingers.ca

Thanks for reading us here (and hopefully listening to us, there), but if you find you want more, you can always keep up with us on Mastodon (@[email protected]) and BlueSky (accordionnoir.bsky.social), Instagram (@AccordionNoirFest), and Facebook at Accordion Noir fans, the Accordion Noir Festival, and the Vancouver Squeezebox Circle.  Cheers & squeeze on!

Northern Ireland is still in the news for the wrong reasons, and the troubles going on there apparently motivate Bruce to defiantly put a lot African accordion music into this week’s radio playlist. He suggests some sub-themes going on in this week’s song selection and the commentary between songs include Régis Gizavo’s birthday and Iona Reed’s Titano Cosmopolitan Converter accordion, so if those topics strike your fancy, do not hesitate before hitting that play button! If your Apple or YouTube or iHeartRadio (or plain old RSS) podcast subscriptions (strongly recommended!) haven’t alerted you to this Accordion Noir episode’s availability yet, you can enjoy listening to it as digital audio courtesy of the Internet Archive. If you haven’t yet, please consider making a pledge to our parent radio station CFRO for its membership drive! And now, here’s the playlist of this week’s episode:

AccNoir–2026-06-17, Mid-June Check-In

This very weekend! The Cowichan Bluegrass Festival – June 19-21, 2026 – https://cowichanbluegrass.com/

Added to last week’s podcast playlist, and referenced on this week’s show for their work in Belfast. Bruce is supporting:
Anaka Women’s Collective is raising funds to support people who have been attacked, displaced and traumatised in racist attacks in Belfast. Every penny raised will go to transport, emergency accommodation and urgent supplies for families. Any remaining funds will be used to towards sustaining and developing the emergency response and solidarity groups that acted around the clock to ensure families were not alone. You can donate here: https://chuffed.org/project/185445-support-people-and-groups-impacted-by-racist-attacks?

Ongoing the Community Radio Initiative campaign, aimed at supporting Canadian community radio. If you’re Canadian you can click this link and send personal emails to your local Members of Parliament that will help Accordion Noir and stations like Vancouver’s Co-op Radio across the country. You’ll be our accordion radio hero, so do it while listening to today’s episode!
https://www.cri-irc.ca/

* Artist – “Song” – Album (Date) – Where they’re from – Artist Links – Comments

* The Dardanelles – ‟The Many Voices of Accordion Noir, PRA 100.5 FM” – tune “Boyd’s Cove Singles” – The Dardanelles (2009) – Newfoundland, Canada – http://thedardanelles.com/ – https://thedards.bandcamp.com/releases

* La Déferlance – ‟Hommage à Guy Thomas” – Âmes des bois (2025) – Quebec City, Québec, Canada – Marie-Desneiges Hamel, acc. – https://ladeferlance.com/ – https://ladeferlance.bandcamp.com
* Hassouna Bangaladish – ‟Benayya (Little Girl)” – Hossam Ramzy Presents Azza: Music From Sudan (2003) – Sudan, North-East Africa – http://www.maqam.com/  (online Arabic music store, they also sold keyboards with Arabic scales, neat!)
* Nathalie Natiembé – ‟Tangaz Pa Tro For” – Sankèr (2005) – Reunion Island, (East of Madagascar), Africa – Régis Gizavo, acc 
* Cirkestra – ‟Charivari” – Alice (2004) – Massachusetts, USA – FrickinCircus.org  www.cirkestra.com
* 5 Cent Coffee – ‟AyaSofia” – West Coast Accordion Babes Pin-Up Calendar 2010 (2009) – San Francisco, California,  USA – Heidi Wohlwend, aka “Doodles LaRue”, acc. – https://5centcoffee.bandcamp.com/ –  https://accordionpinupcalendar.com/
* The Ciderhouse Rebellion – ‟New Kilns” – Genius Loci 2 : The Valley of Iron (2022) – UK – Murray Grainger, acc; Adam Summerhayes, fiddle – https://theciderhouserebellion.com – https://theciderhouserebellion.bandcamp.com
* Iona Reed – ‟Dance of the Hours” – (With Karl Pukara) – World Accordion Champion (1963) – Sudbury, Ontario, Canada  – https://www.discogs.com/release/18760114-Iona-Reed-With-Karl-Pukara-World-Accordion-Champion – https://www.facebook.com/groups/404911483574045/permalink/2113348506063659/

* Sam Baardman – ‟Someday My Father” – The Rookery (1999) – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada – http://sambaardman.com
* Renato Borghetti – ‟Barra Do Ribeiro” – gaita ponto com (0) – Brasil (Brazil) – http://www.renatoborghetti.com.br/eng_default.asp
* Vaovy – ‟Vamba” – Vamba (1998) – Madagascar, Africa – Régis Gizavo, acc. – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Régis_Gizavohttp://www.rootsworld.com/freereed/gizavo.html

Thanks for reading us here (and hopefully listening to us, there), but if you find you want more, you can always keep up with us on Mastodon (@[email protected]) and BlueSky (accordionnoir.bsky.social), Instagram (@AccordionNoirFest), and Facebook at Accordion Noir fans, the Accordion Noir Festival, and the Vancouver Squeezebox Circle.  Cheers & squeeze on!

Happy birthday to Bruce! He takes this opportunity to play whatever music he likes on his radio program, which of course he does every week anyway. This time around, the song selection is also informed by his takes on current world events, which again is somewhat of a regular occurrence. But the point is… enjoy this episode of our squeezy podcast! If your Apple or YouTube or iHeartRadio (or plain old RSS) podcast subscriptions (strongly recommended!) haven’t alerted you to this Accordion Noir episode’s availability yet, you can enjoy listening to it as digital audio courtesy of the Internet Archive. If you haven’t yet, please consider making a pledge to our parent radio station CFRO for its membership drive! And now, here’s the playlist of this week’s episode:

AccNoir–2026-06-10, Bruce Day for A Better World with Surprises!

Bruce looks at his approaching birthday this week. While reading about events in Ireland where immigrants need support against racist attackers spurred on by billionaires. Meanwhile America is happening. (Bruce is a dual US/Canadian so he can’t escape it.)

And if that’s not enough for you, stick around for the very end to hear the grand secret of, “What does Bruce listen to when he’s not previewing accordion music for the radio show?” Let me know when I get my next twenty-year radio slot after this scattershot affair.

Again, don’t miss the Cowichan Bluegrass Festival – June 19-21, 2026 – https://cowichanbluegrass.com/

And the Community Radio Initiative campaign, aimed at supporting Canadian community radio. If you’re Canadian you can click this link and send personal emails to your local Members of Parliament that will help Accordion Noir and stations like Vancouver’s Co-op Radio across the country. You’ll be our accordion radio hero, so do it while listening to today’s episode!
https://www.cri-irc.ca/

* Artist – “Song” – Album (Date) – Where they’re from – Artist Links – Comments

* The Dardanelles – ‟The Many Voices of Accordion Noir, PRA 100.5 FM” – tune “Boyd’s Cove Singles” – The Dardanelles (2009) – Newfoundland, Canada – http://thedardanelles.com/ – https://thedards.bandcamp.com/releases

* Marrow Bones, Mary Beth Carty – ‟Mary Anne” – single (2026) – Antigonish, Nova Scotia – http://www.marybethcarty.com/ – https://marybethcarty.bandcamp.com
* Joanah Flor – ‟Xamego E Xero” –  (2026) – Pernambuco, Northeast Brazil – https://joanahflor.bandcamp.com
* Geoff Berner – ‟Happy Rabbi Birthday (Bonus Track)” – We Are Going to Bremen to be Musicians (2015) – Vancouver, BC, Canada – www.geoffberner.com – https://geoffberner.bandcamp.com
* Clifton Chenier – ‟Zydeco Cha Cha” – Zydeco Dynamite: Anthology (Disc 1) (1971) – Bogalusa, Louisiana, USA – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifton_Chenier
* The Three Vagrants – ‟Anna” –  (1917) – New York, New York, USA – https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/700004509/B-19432-Anna

Anaka Women’s Collective is raising funds to support people who have been attacked, displaced and traumatised in racist attacks in Belfast. Every penny raised will go to transport, emergency accommodation and urgent supplies for families. Any remaining funds will be used to towards sustaining and developing the emergency response and solidarity groups that acted around the clock to ensure families were not alone. You can donate here: https://chuffed.org/project/185445-support-people-and-groups-impacted-by-racist-attacks?

* Mick Moloney, Athena Tergis, Robbie O’Connell, Billy McComiskey and Tim Collins – ‟McNally’s Row Of Flats” – Absolutely Irish (2008) – Ireland / USA – www.compassrecords.com  Tim Collins, concertina;  Billy McComiskey, acc.
* Maria Dunn – ‟New York 1849” – From Where I Stand (1998) – Alberta, Canada – http://www.mariadunn.com/
* Lau – ‟Ghosts” – Decade: The Best Of 2007-2017 (2017) – UK, Scotland/England/Orkney – https://lau-music.bandcamp.com/album/decade-the-best-of-2007-2017www.lau-music.co.uk  Aidan O’Rourke, fiddle; Kris Drever, guitar; Martin Green, acc
* The Klezmatics – ‟Plane Wreck at Los Gatos (Deportee) feat. Sofia Rei” – We Were Made For These Times (2026) – New York, New York, USA – Lorin Sklamberg, acc. – http://klezmatics.com/  – https://theklezmatics.bandcamp.com/
* Gogol Bordello – ‟Underdog World Strike” – Gypsy Punks: Underdog World Strike (2005) – Romany / USA, etc. – http://www.gogolbordello.com/gogolnews/
* Eva Ybarra y su Conjunto & Guadalupe Betancourt – ‟Tuve un Amor” – Pobre Palomita (1995) – San Antonio, Texas, USA – https://evaybarra.com/ – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_Ybarra
* Anne-Mari Kivimäki – ‟Pitkänvaaraan” – Ilja (2018) – Finland – www.AnneMariKivimaki.fi

Bonus: #NonAccordionContent:
Bruce’s earlier today listening taste (because the subject of this podcast really could get weirder)
All from the Crumplebangers’ mashup-competition Baby Shark Project: 
https://remix.audio/profile/thebabysharkproject – https://crumplebangers.com/

* MsMiep – ‟Jesus Built My Baby Shark” – The Crumplebangers Baby Shark Project (2019)
* oki – ‟baby creep shark” – The Crumplebangers Baby Shark Project (2019)
* Basil Rathbone – ‟Monster at Large (sample)” – Sherlock Holmes: Pearl of Death (1942) – England – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pearl_of_Death
* Pinkfong vs. Annie Lennox – ‟Walking On Shark Glass (Justincredible Mash-Up)” – The Crumplebangers Baby Shark Project (2019)
* oki / John Lennon – ‟baby shark imagine” – The Crumplebangers Baby Shark Project (2019)

Thanks for reading us here (and hopefully listening to us, there), but if you find you want more, you can always keep up with us on Mastodon (@[email protected]) and BlueSky (accordionnoir.bsky.social), Instagram (@AccordionNoirFest), and Facebook at Accordion Noir fans, the Accordion Noir Festival, and the Vancouver Squeezebox Circle.  Cheers & squeeze on!

This week, Bruce got out of his apartment and into the CFRO studios two blocks away, where he hadn’t broadcast an episode of Accordion Noir live since the Covid-19 pandemic. Many things have changed, but the music is still all very squeezy! Broadcasting live is a more spontaneous experience, and we think you’ll be able to hear the difference in his voice as he improvises his banter. If your Apple or YouTube or iHeartRadio (or plain old RSS) podcast subscriptions (strongly recommended!) haven’t alerted you to this Accordion Noir episode’s availability yet, you can enjoy listening to it as digital audio courtesy of the Internet Archive. If you haven’t yet, please consider making a pledge to our parent radio station CFRO for its membership drive! And now, here’s the playlist of this week’s episode:

AccNoir–2026-06-03, June it is a’Caiman In (Return to Live DJ’ing)

Don’t miss the announcements at the very end of the episode for the Cowichan Bluegrass Festival – June 19-21, 2026 – https://cowichanbluegrass.com/

And the Community Radio Initiative campaign, aimed at supporting Canadian community radio. If you’re Canadian you can click this link and send personal emails to your local Members of Parliament that will help Accordion Noir and stations like Vancouver’s Co-op Radio across the country. You’ll be our accordion radio hero, so do it while listening to today’s episode!
https://www.cri-irc.ca/

* Ian Robb – ‟Jigs – Tommy Clifford’s/Brady’s” – English International (2008) – Toronto, Ontario, Canada – https://www.ianrobb.com/ – https://web.archive.org/web/20110703062145/http://englishconcertina.org/
* The Klezmatics – ‟Un Du Akerst feat. La Manga and Lavender Light Gospel Choir” – We Were Made For These Times (2026) – New York, New York, USA – Lorin Sklamberg, acc. – http://klezmatics.com/  – https://theklezmatics.bandcamp.com/
* La Bottine Souriante – ‟La chanson du quéteux” – Jusqu’aux p’ptites heures (2008) – Montréal, Québec, Canada – http://www.bottinesouriante.com/
* Rosalie Allen – ‟A Ha San Antone” – from Kevin Coffey’s personal collection (1947) – New York City, New York State, USA – (Johnny Newton, acc.)
* Debo Band – ‟Goraw” – Ere Gobez (2016) – Boston, Massachusetts, USA / Ethiopia, East Africa – Marié Abe, acc. – http://deboband.com/
* Carrie Newcomer – ‟1000 Miles Away” – Visions and Dreams (1995) – Indiana, USA – http://www.carrienewcomer.com  John Cascella, acc.
* Pine Leaf Boys – ‟Pine Leaf Boogie” – Blues De Musicien (2011) – Louisiana, USA – http://www.pineleafboys.com/ Wilson Savoy, acc.
* June Tabor – ‟The Auld Beggarman” – Apples (2007) – Warwick, England, UK – JuneTabor.com ?  Andy Cutting, acc.
* BU☆LI – ‟100人の村人 (A village of 100 people)” – Chitty Chitty (2005) – Sapporo City, Japan – http://www.myspace.com/buli1993  (MySpace, those were the days!) – http://www.sister.co.jp/english/catalog_e_benten.html
* Spektrum Lab – ‟A Kilometer’s Groove” – Outside the Box (2009) – Canada – Len Imbery, Roland synth acc. – I don’t have a current link for this record anymore?
* Cricket & Snail – ‟The King of the Fairies Buttefly” – Points on the Map of Heaven (2021) – Prague, Czech Republic / Canada / USA / UK – Lucie and James Carlson –  https://cricketandsnail.bandcamp.com/releases
* That band I saw in Seattle at Days of the Accordion in 2022? – ‟Don’t do that” – (Mystery Album?) (2022) – Seattle area – Still not sure who this was. Maybe Toby Hanson or John Morovich on acc? Bonnie Birch at https://nwasnews.com/ helped put on the event
* Amy Denio / Spoot Music – ‟Hanana” – Tutto Bene Volume II (2026) – Seattle, Washington State, USA – https://amydenio.me – https://amydenio.bandcamp.com
* Cowichan Bluegrass Fest (Promotion) – June 19-21, 2026 – https://cowichanbluegrass.com/
* The Community Radio Initiative (Promotion) – https://www.cri-irc.ca/

Thanks for reading us here (and hopefully listening to us, there), but if you find you want more, you can always keep up with us on Mastodon (@[email protected]) and BlueSky (accordionnoir.bsky.social), Instagram (@AccordionNoirFest), and Facebook at Accordion Noir fans, the Accordion Noir Festival, and the Vancouver Squeezebox Circle.  Cheers & squeeze on!

Last night’s episode of CFRO’s weekly Accordion Noir alt-squeezebox broadcast was a playlist of squeezy songs arranged by your host Bruce in memory of his sailor father, who recently passed. If your Apple or YouTube or iHeartRadio (or plain old RSS) podcast subscriptions (strongly recommended!) haven’t alerted you to this Accordion Noir episode’s availability yet, you can enjoy listening to it as digital audio courtesy of the Internet Archive. If you haven’t yet, please consider making a pledge to our parent radio station CFRO for its membership drive! And now, here’s the playlist of this week’s episode:

AccNoir–2026-05-27, Fair Winds, Fallowing Seas Capt. Fred

* Artist – “Song” – Album (Date) – Where they’re from – Artist Links – Comments

This special episode of Accordion Noir is dedicated to my dad, Captain Fred Triggs. Here’s a pic of my dad’s boat Nord Lys (Northern Lights in Norwegian) I got to go up to Alaska with him once. Glad we got to do that together.

Contributions may be made in his honor to:

The Edmonds Food Bank
828 Caspers Street  L100 Edmonds WA 98020
https://edmondsfoodbank.org/donate/

Or the Navy Marine Corps Relief Society
http://nmcrs.org/

A full obit can be found at www.beckstributecenter.com

* The Dardanelles – ‟The Many Voices of Accordion Noir, PRA 100.5 FM” – tune “Boyd’s Cove Singles” – The Dardanelles (2009) – Newfoundland, Canada – http://thedardanelles.com/ – https://thedards.bandcamp.com/releases

* Figgy Duff – ‟Captain And His Whiskers/Fishermen’s Favorite” – A Retrospective 1974-1993 (1978) – St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada – Art Stoyles, acc. – http://www.ambermusic.ca/artist_figgyduff.htm
* Van Dyke Parks – ‟Greenland Whale Fisheries” – Rogue’s Gallery, Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys (disk 2) (2006) – Los Angeles, California, USA /  – Michael Thompson AND Neil Larson played accordion on this, because one was not enough. – https://www.anti.com/ – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Dyke_Parks
* Rufus Guinchard – ‟My Loving Little Sailor Boy” – Humouring The Tunes (1990) – Newfoundland, Canada – https://www.singsonginc.ca/index.php/artists/rufus-guinchard/21-ss-9091  Jim Payne, acc.
* Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne – ‟O Sailor Boy” – Play up the Music (2024) – Wales, UK – http://cohenbk.com/ – https://cohenbraithwaite-kilcoyne.bandcamp.com/
* Peter Knight’s Gigspanner Big Band – ‟Haul on the Bowline” – Natural Invention (2020) – UK – www.johnspiers.co.ukwww.gigspanner.com – John Spiers (Bellowhead), melodeon acc.
* Rudy Sooter – ‟The Hills of Idaho” – from Kevin Coffey’s personal collection (1938) – Hollywood, California, USA – Harley Luse (1897-1968) acc.  (Luse and guitarist/bassist Scooter worked with Tex Ritter, Scooter was born in 1904 in Canada according to IMDB.)
* Gerard Moloney W/ Colm O’Caoimh, gar – ‟Reels: The Boy In The Boat / The Gneeveguilla Reel / The Boys Of Tulla” – The Bunch Of Keys – Traditional Irish Music On Piano Accordion (2012) – www.KarenTweed.com
* Jayme Stone – ‟Boatsman” – Jayme Stone’s Folklife (2017) – Colorado, USA – Moira Smiley, acc. – https://jaymestone.bandcamp.comwww.JaymeStone.com
* The Unthanks – ‟Here’s The Tender Coming” – Here’s The Tender Coming (2009) – North-East England – Niopha Keegan, acc. – http://the-unthanks.com/ – A bit about the press-gang background of this song: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impressment – https://mainlynorfolk.info/frankie.armstrong/songs/heresthetendercoming.html
* The Once – ‟Charlie’s” – Row Upon Row of the People They Know (2011) – Newfoundland, Canada – http://theonce.ca
* Kristin Sweetland – ‟Burial At Sea” – Own Sweet Time (2007) – Ontario, Canada – https://www.kristinsweetland.com/ (Lyrics on the website. This song is probably not what I thought it was about, so maybe don’t play it at an actual funeral? Beautiful and ambivalent so no regrets. Also more pirates.)
* Judy Collins – ‟Pirate Ships” – Judith (1975) – Seattle / Brooklyn, New York, United States  – Dom Cortes, acc. (I’m still looking for the quadrophonic version.) – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_(album)
* Minnie White – ‟Fisherman’s Reel” – The Hills Of Home (1994) – Newfoundland, Canada – http://www.rambles.net/white_hills94.html – https://www.fredsrecords.com/site/shop/minnie-white-the-hills-of-home/

Thanks for reading us here (and hopefully listening to us, there), but if you find you want more, you can always keep up with us on Mastodon (@[email protected]) and BlueSky (accordionnoir.bsky.social), Instagram (@AccordionNoirFest), and Facebook at Accordion Noir fans, the Accordion Noir Festival, and the Vancouver Squeezebox Circle.  Cheers & squeeze on!

This week your host Bruce had a little trouble with his heart, so of course he made it the theme for this week’s radio program. (Of all his organs that could have been cause for concern, just be glad it wasn’t one of the other ones he had to find an hour of appropriate songs to match!) If your Apple or YouTube or iHeartRadio (or plain old RSS) podcast subscriptions (strongly recommended!) haven’t alerted you to this Accordion Noir episode’s availability yet, you can enjoy listening to it as digital audio courtesy of the Internet Archive. If you haven’t yet, please consider making a pledge to our parent radio station CFRO for its membership drive! And now, here’s the playlist of this week’s episode:

AccNoir–2026-05-20, Hearts in Transit

Bruce went to the doctor and gets diagnosed with heart palpitations. (Usually harmless, but will get another test.) So here’s an episodes of squeezy tunes about watching out for each others hearts and such, with a bit of a narrative arc following my somewhat slow-motion but still stressful trip to the emergency room.

* Artist – “Song” – Album (Date) – Where they’re from – Artist Links – Comments

* The Dardanelles – ‟The Many Voices of Accordion Noir, PRA 100.5 FM” – tune “Boyd’s Cove Singles” – The Dardanelles (2009) – Newfoundland, Canada – http://thedardanelles.com/ – https://thedards.bandcamp.com/releases

* No idea where we got this first little fragment or who it is. But it kind of sets up my journey as I had a bit of a panic at the transit station when I got on my bus going the wrong way. – “Paris metro classical accordion busker Beethoven” (That’s all I’ve got down on this fragment. It’s actually Bach’s Toccata In Dm that they use to queue “horror movie” vibes.) – (France presumably. Year and source unknown.)
* Spiro – ‟Antrobus” – Lightbox (2011) – United Kingdom – www.spiromusic.com <http://www.spiromusic.com/> – https://spiromusic.bandcamp.com/album/lightbox
* Amy Thatcher and Francesca Knowles – ‟This Town Is Big Enough For The Both Of Us” – Emergency Of The Female Kind (2023) – Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK – https://amythatcheraccordion.bandcamp.com/ – https://amythatcherfranknowles.bandcamp.com – http://amythatcher.co.uk/
* Basil Rathbone – ‟Heart of Mystery (sample)” – Sherlock Holmes: Pearl of Death (1942) – England – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pearl_of_Death
* Ariel Shapiro – ‟a tsebrokhn harts / zolst shtarkn (A Broken Heart / May You Strengthen)” – Lider Mit Palestine / לידער מיט פּאַלעסטינע: New Yiddish Songs of Grief, Fury, and Love (2025) – Nonotuck, and Pocumtuc land in so-called Northampton, Massachusetts, USA – Visit https://lidermitpalestine.bandcamp.com
* Ana Bon-Bon – ‟Gypsy Heart” – Bare Naked Blues (2007) – Vancouver, BC, Canada – https://www.anabonbon.com/
* Johanna Juhola & Lena Jonsson – ‟Power Nap” – Power of Polska (2026) – Finland/Sweden – www.nordic-notes.de – https://nordicnotes.bandcamp.com/ – www.johannajuhola.net
* Stevan R. Knezevich – ‟Sweetheart (Ukraine)” – Slavik (2001) – Vancouver, BC, Canada – https://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/4984762
* Great Big Sea – ‟Heart Of Hearts” – Great Big Sea XX – The Folk Songs (0) – Newfoundland, Canada – http://www.greatbigsea.com/
* John Delafose & The Eunice Playboys – ‟You Took My Heartache” – Joe Pete Got Two Women (2011) – Louisiana, USA – https://folkways.si.edu/arhoolie
* Roy Newman & His Boys – ‟Down Hearted Blues” – Roy Newman & His Boys (1938) – Dallas, Texas, USA – http://westernswing78.blogspot.com/2007/02/roy-newman-his-boys.html   Bill Stanton, acc?
* Ernie Felice Quartet – ‟I Have But One Heart (Pied Pipers)” – Ernie Felice (3 CD Compilation) (year?) – California, USA – http://www.erniefelice.com
* Heart Beat Band and others – ‟God Only Knows” – The Eve Of Peeni Waali (disc 2) (1999) – Czech Republic / UK / Switzerland, etc. – Tobias Morgenstern, acc. Denis Bovell, bass and guitar – http://www.mensch3000.ch/default.htm
* Walt McClements – ‟Parade” – On A Painted Ocean (2025) – Los Angeles, California, USA – https://www.waltmcclements.com – https://waltmcclements.bandcamp.com/ – https://lonesomeleash.bandcamp.com
* Sinister Luck Ensemble – ‟The Astonished Heart” – Anniversary (2002) – Chicago, USA – http://www.sinisterluck.com/

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