Dr. Squeeze

11/02/2024

08/09/2024

Mind-blowing playing by Dermot Byrnes. A masterful musette piece on a two-row B/C box. As Dr.Squeeze sez: "All the notes are there, you just have to find them!"https://youtu.be/5JRcB8WeADw?si=Obhbozg0uVYUuQMi

07/16/2024

Devon and I are off to Lark Camp next week to teach a fiddle workshop and lead a Québécois/Acadian jam. Should be fun!

07/14/2024

Here's a great little tune that I have added to my collection of one-octave tunes that can be played in one position with four fingers: La Coccinelle.

For my dad learned this really lovely French bo***ée at the Festival of American Fiddle Tunes this year! “La Coccinelle” was written by Jea...

07/14/2024

Bringing an old Wheatstone English Concertina from A 450 down to A 440 so it can be played with other instruments. Here's my tuning set-up:

07/14/2024

Great idea for accordions: magnets instead of wax and pins to hold everything together. Watch the video (in French) with a bonus tune at the end!https://youtu.be/BSIo1VSeNyw?si=bDxEIvdlarMIl6wr

02/26/2024

Just heard of the passing of the great accordionist: Marcel Messervier.

Nous avons appris le décès de Marcel Messervier, compositeur, musicien et facteur d'accordéons émérite de Montmagny. Nous offrons toutes nos sympathies à sa famille et à ses proches en ces moments difficiles. Il a marqué de façon importante et durable le répertoire musical traditionnel et la facture d'instruments à l'échelle du Québec. Nous joignons ici une entrevue réalisée en 1980 où il discute de ses débuts comme facteur d'accordéon:
https://www.histoiresdecheznous.ca/v2/accordeonistes-montmagny_accordionists/galerie/marcel-messervier-et-la-fabrication-daccordeon/

02/07/2024

Playing there in March. We are in the video!

11/24/2022

Travel accordion!

Be a good guest today...use your travel accordion! So grateful for this music and all y'all!

09/23/2022

Hohner History: https://accordionlifeacademy.com/articles/hohner

An interview between HOHNER Brand Manager Gilbert Reyes and Accordion Life Academy's Patricia Bartell about the fascinating history of HOHNER accordions past and present.

09/23/2022

Super Hot Hohner playing!

Solo Accordion: Conor Connolly plays Memories of East Clare [composed by Damien Connolly] (Reel 0:00) & The Salamanca (Reel 1:43). This clip comes from an ep...

09/22/2022

Never too young to Squeeze!

A couple of hornpipes on concertina and mandolin - The Drunken Sailor and (at around 4:20 ) The Peacock's Feathers. Tiarnán and Breandán last year in Marlay...

08/24/2022

https://www.stopthebreaks.com/music-industry-news/how-to-choose-between-anglo-the-english-and-dual-concertina/

08/24/2022

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A:   Intrigued by a close friend's own custom hardcover photo album & while preparing for our 100th anniversary, it became apparent that this may be the best medium to share the story of our company and its place in world music throughout the last century.  Originally, the intentions were to cr...

08/17/2022

Lovely!

07/28/2022

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06/26/2022

Nice!

number 6 takes us to the world of contemporary traditional music in New York with a set of reels from Hudson Valley musicians Dan Gurney, accordion, and Dylan Foley, fiddle.
Enjoy 'Miss Thornton's', 'The Bag of Spuds', and 'The Limestone Reel.'
https://www.itma.ie/digital-library/sound/reels-dan-gurney-dylan-foley
'From the Bridge' launches 29 June taking you on a musical journey in New York from the 1870s to the present day - a living tradition!
The project is supported by the Government of Ireland Emigrant Support Programme



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06/07/2022

https://accordeonmontmagny.com/carrefour-mondial-de-laccordeon/