The world situation — the dumpster fires small and large, far and near, present and looming on the horizon — have got Bruce in a Mood. Just because you share an hour of accordion music selections every week doesn’t mean that you’re not susceptible to the entire range of emotions! Bruce himself characterised this week’s […]

This week is our monthly “Squeezebox Circle” gathering, which takes place the first Thursday of every month!  Historically it’s elapsed among the radical bookshelves of Spartacus Books, but in pandemic times we hold it in the open air at MacLean Park.  It has a monthly e-mail newsletter that also keeps people posted regarding local accordion […]

Summer isn’t just breaking, Accordion Noir host Bruce Triggs contends… it’s downright broken. For the second week in a row he makes this freshly-minted long, hot summer (1967 style) the general theme of our weekly broadcast of alt-squeezebox music in every style and from every region of the planet — pre-recorded this week, presented here […]

Congratulations, everyone!  Coming at you a day early, here’s this week’s pre-recorded episode of CFRO Co-Op Community Radio’s weekly hour-long Accordion Noir program!  I can see that programmer Bruce (whose latest round of care packages have recently been well received, place your orders now!) loosely arranged it around a summer theme, so we can try […]

What does an emoji sound like? … yeah, your guess is as good as ours. But soon, the accordion emoji we have discussed at such great length (as is our right, as the applicants for its approval!) will be going live on various online platforms. There’s a little vote going around to determine which new […]

Please find attached all the information pertaining to this week’s episode of CFRO Co-Op Community Radio’s “Accordion Noir” radio broadcast, our typical heady mix of alt-accordion music in all styles from every corner of the globe!  If you haven’t already been notified by your Apple or Android podcast subscription, you can listen to it as […]

First, Bruce interviewed Jared Snyder.  Then, drawing on that research, he wrote the Black Accordion chapter in his squeezebox history book, “Accordion Revolution“.  Then… he read the chapter as part of our Car-Free Main Street videostream stage, filling in for Tower of Dudes.  Finally… he reworked and polished his reading, and added historical recordings mentioned […]

You may have heard us making noise about our virtual video-streaming stage at this year’s socially-distanced online incarnation of the Car-Free Main Street Festival.  It all came together literally at the last minute, and even if not entirely as billed — was still a swell gathering of Canadian accordion talent!  I don’t know if you […]

Photo of La Santa Cecilia by Humberto Howard. Lots going on in the accordion world (or as we like to consider it, “the world”) this week — all informing this week’s episode of our weekly Accordion Noir radio program.  Chief among the influences, bumping other eminently worthwhile players to next week, are most of the […]

Last night Bruce programmed an hour of our typical mix of accordion music in all styles from around the world, this time — because art imitates life, and life imitates art — with an eye toward musics of revolt, rebellion and unrest.  If you’re not already subscribed to our weekly broadcast through your Apple or Android podcast […]