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New Accordion Club Formed - "The East Riding Accordion Club"
Jun., 11, 2008
 Hi UKAO, Re the new accordion club in Market Weighton, The first meeting went very well, with 10 accordionist in total,.We spent an hour talking about how we should run the club ,and making a few rules It was a very freindly meeting ,with some people I had not seen before , we all played a few tunes together and every thing seemed to go very well .We decided to call the club THE EAST RIDING ACCORDION CLUB and we will meet on the second wednesday in the month, the next meeting will be 14th May 08 at 7.30 pm at Bradleys Coffee Shop & Wine Bar . We could do with a few more members, so if you live in this area ,please get in touch Harry Kipling 01430 860300 or Colin Milner 01430 872307....... Please dont forget the Charity concert at Howden on tuesday 15th April '08 - All are very welcome and it's for a great cause! Thank you .....Harry Kipling
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Karen Tweed - April Gigs
Jun., 11, 2008
 KAREN and SHONA Just to let you know that I am doing 4 dates with Shona Kipling in April. Shona and I will be playing on: Wed 9th April at 7.30pm Elvet Methodist Church 8 Old Elvet Durham DH1 3HL Tues 15th April at 8pm (concert and set dancing) The Northwick Arms High Street, Ketton near Stamford PE9 3TA Fri 18th April at 7.30pm Denholm Meet West Side Denholm Borders TD9 8LX Sat 19th April at 7.30pm Carlops Village Hall Carlops Nr. Peebleshire EH26 9NF I have now left the Poozies and SWAP whom I was honoured to collaborate with for 17 and 12 years respectively - may they continue to shine out... however, I will be guesting with the Poozies at Sidmouth Folk Week on Friday 8th August. Following a great night at Celtic Connections, I am now part of the Uiscedwr Big Band and Uiscedwr quartet. Check out www.uiscedwr.com for details.
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‘Accordions International 2008’, Pontins, Lytham St Annes – May 9th/13th
May, 18, 2008
 ‘Accordions International 2008’ takes place from Friday May 9th to Tuesday 13th at the Dunes Conference Complex, Pontins Holiday Centre, Lytham St Annes, Lancashire. The guest artistes at this new festival include the fabulous ‘Paris-Moscow Duo’ Domi Emorine & Roman Jbanov (France/Russia), Giancarlo Caporilli (Italy), Stefan Andrusyschyn, Gary Blair, Harry Hussey, Bert Santilly, and Romano Viazzani. This new accordion festival, organised by Heather Smith, uniquely shares the site with an already established organ/keyboard festival, and the two festivals will have some overlapping features. For the accordion enthusiasts, there are concerts, various workshops, master classes, dancing, jam sessions, demonstrations, plus a trade show that includes Geoff Holter Accordions, the Accordion Shop (Electronic Accordions Ltd), John Douglas Music, and Rob Howard's ‘An A to Z of the Accordion’ series of books. For further information email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ; telephone 01482 805 387;and for all booking enquiries telephone 01780 782 093
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Alexander Korbakov & Alan Young @ Harlow Accordion Club - Thursday June 19th
May, 18, 2008
 Alexander Korbakov & Alan Young at:-The Harlow Accordion Club The Link Social Club
Parsloe Road
Harlow
Essex
CM19 4RT
Thursday 19th June 2008 @ 7.30 pm
Tickets are £7.00 (on the door)
£6.00 in advance from:-
Jean Hanger Tel: 01279 - 432830
Email:This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
Licensed Bar - Ample Car Parking - Club RaffleTrade Stand by Geoff Holter Accordionshttp://www.geoffholteraccordions.co.uk/
Alexander Korbakov was born in 1962 in Kamyshin on the river Volga. He studied at the conservatoire in St Petersburg. Where he still lives and works. He plays with the Russian State Concert Orchestra with small ensembles and as an accoupanist. He has made regular tours of U.K, Ireland and Germany. Alexander adapts his programmes to his audience. He plays favourite accordion pieces from around the World together with Russian Folk melodies. Has Classical repertoire includes work written for the accordion by Russian composers. Some items are played on a Saratov Concertina. His special designed Jupiter accordion enables him to play works by composer such as Bach an Bethoven. Music for piano, organ, violin or voice has been transcribed by Alexander for concert performance. His virtuoso playing, his charisma and his quiet charm make Alexander a performer of major significance in the accordion world.
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Five Questions: Skyler Fell
May, 18, 2008
 It’s time for another installment of “Five Questions” — our occasional interview series with notable personalities in the accordion world.Today, we’re talking to Skyler Fell, owner of the Accordion Apocalypse Repair Shop in San Francisco. A professionally trained accordion repairwoman, Skyler offers repairs, parts, lessons, and free advice out of her humble shop in Hunter’s Point. Accordion Apocalypse has become a Bay Area accordion hub, hosting bi-weekly jams and shows by touring bands and wild circuses. She also plays in a couple bands herself: the Hobo Gobbelins and the Accordion Apocalypse Circus Sideshow.When and why did you start playing the accordion?I started playing accordion when I was around 20 years old, after walking into Boaz Accordions in Berkeley. Feeling inspired by live circus bands featuring fierce and independent women with a hardcore edge in Europe and the Bay Area, I decided to have a go at the accordion. What has happened since has been a truly magical and eye-opening journey.You’ve studied accordion repair with a couple of masters — Boaz Rubin of the former Boaz Accordions in Berkeley and Vince Cirelli of Cirelli Accordion Service in SF. What’s the most important thing you’ve learned in working with them?Vince Cirelli and Boaz Rubin have both inspired me with an undying love for the accordion in all of its most complex beauty, as well as counseling me on the step-by-step procedures of well trusted traditional accordion repair techniques learned from past generations of great accordion masters. Now to be kept alive with the accordionistas of the future!What’s the weirdest repair/modification someone has asked you to do?Last week I modified a bass switch system on an Excelsior to have a switch setting that plays only low bass single notes. The accordion sounds great… it really growls!What are your top tips for keeping an accordion in good shape?Reduce damage and extend the life of your main squeeze with these simple tips!HOT environments will melt the wax that holds your reeds in place. Be careful not to leave your accordion in a hot vehicle trunk for hours or in direct sunlight. COLD, and DAMP environments create condensation that rusts reeds, ruins tuning, and rots bellows. Some taxing places for accordions include attics, basements, storage lockers, garages, vehicles, sheds, and outside for long periods of time. Play your accordion!TUNING and service cleaning is a good idea every 3 to 5 years for frequently played accordions in good condition.OLD BROKEN STRAPS could be the downfall of your beloved accordion. Make sure your straps are in good condition — especially around the strap brackets — and always carry the accordion by the body or in a padded carrying case.What advice do you have for someone just starting to play the accordion?Get ready to have some fun! Check out some accordion bands, get yourself a student instrument, some lessons and go. And check out my website — www.accordionapocalypse.com — for accordion events, sales, and repairs in the Bay Area.Thanks to Skyler for taking time to answer our questions. Stay tuned for more interviews with accordion aficionados from around the world!
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New UKAO Forum!
May, 9, 2008
 Following recent feedback we have updated the UKAO Forum / Chat Room to make it much easier to use and urge all members to start using the Forum to talk to other accordionists and accordion enthusiasts and share ideas and news.You can access the Forum by clicking the 'Forum/Chat' button either on the menu at the top, or at the side - or by clicking here!
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David Vernon @ Stainton Middlesbrough - Frid 2nd May 7.30pm
May, 9, 2008
Concert starts at 7.30pm
Tickets cost £5 and include light refreshments. Tickets available from:Tom Baines (Group Sec) Tel 01642 590781 . The Accordion Workshop Group will play host to the talented David Vernon - a worldwide entertainer who is expected to attract a large audience. Tickets cost £5 and include light refreshments. For more information contact Tom Baines on Tel: 01642 590781.
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Craven Accordion Orchestra in Concert
May, 9, 2008
 Craven Accordion Orchestra are playing in Concert at Settle Parish Church on Saturday 12th April 2008 at 7.30pm. The orchestra will be playing a varied programme of music ranging from well classics such as Granada by Lara to the Theme from Titanic My Heart Will Go On.
Settle Parish Church provides the ideal venue for the concert for the second year in this idyllic rural town. Adults: £6, Concessions £5. Accompanied Children Free. For more information contact Harry on 01535 635074 or by e-mailing: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
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Paste Promotes the Accordion Revolution
May, 9, 2008
 Not sure how I missed this, but the April issue of Paste Magazine has a couple features on the accordion. The first, “Squeezebox Redux: The World’s Dorkiest Instrument Earns Hipster Cred”, notes the accordion’s recent rise to prominence in the indie rock world. One label head suggests that “the more bands that use accordions, the more [new] bands will be inspired to try it themselves.” DeVotchKa’s Tom Hagerman also has a good quote:“The accordion can quickly color a piece of music into a much darker or even grotesque sort of tune… I think in pop music it tends to make things sound a little anachronistic, in a good way.”Paste also published their “Ultimate Accordion Playlist”. The list is, again, indie rock-centric, and features a number of the bands we’ve covered here (They Might Be Giants, the Decemberists, Gogol Bordello, Arcade Fire, etc.). Any notable omissions?
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Kimmo Pohjonen is One Crazy Dude
May, 9, 2008
 As someone who comes from a long line of farmers, I’m no stranger to tractors and farm equipment. But I never thought of using their sounds in music, which is why I’m not a famous avant-garde musician like Finnish accordionist Kimmo Pohjonen. He toured four UK farms and recorded the sounds of tractors, milking machines, threshers, and more, so he could tweak, loop, and sample them with his MIDI accordion for his project, “Earth Machine Music.”“When you amplify and equalise those sounds, and you have a great PA, you can suddenly hear music and rhythms. I’m sure people who come to the concerts will be surprised at what great sounds they have. These are kind of forgotten sounds. Everybody knows them, and everybody knows accordion sounds, too - but not like this.”Next month, Pohjonen will revisit those farms for a series of concerts in which he’ll perform new music he has composed specifically for each venue. Local farmers will even “play along” with Pohjonen, firing up their tractors and machinery during the performance. There’s even a documentary film in the works. I wonder if it will spawn a whole new genre of agricultural accordionists…Update: I found a YouTube clip of Pohjonen discussing the project, as well as a piece in the Telegraph.
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A Mad and Faithful DeVotchKa
May, 9, 2008
 Of all the bands I’ve discovered while writing for Let’s Polka, DeVotchKa is quite possibly my favorite. We saw them at a club in San Francisco a couple years ago and were blown away — their unique brand of gypsy-mariachi rock was infectious and it’s hard to dislike any band that sports an accordionist/violinist, a drummer/trumpet player, a tuba player, and a wine-swigging lead singer. Two years later, after making a splash with their soundtrack to the Oscar-nominated Little Miss Sunshine, DeVotchKa does not disappoint with their new album, A Mad and Faithful Telling.It’s easy to get caught up in the novelty of DeVotchKa’s sound — the cinematic swells, the mariachi horns, the tinkling glockenspiels — but don’t overlook the rich songs bubbling under that melting pot’s surface. “Transliterator” balances frenzy and restraint beautifully, the shuffling “Head Honcho” carries you away, and “Undone” is just achingly stunning.We loved accordionist Tom Hagerman’s recent solo album, The Breakfast Playground, and — from his fierce violin on “Comrade Z” to his playful accordion on “Strizzalo” — he plays a huge role on this record. Other bands have helped put the accordion on the indie rock map in recent years, but few carry it as naturally or as well as DeVotchKa.Devotchka: Head Honchomp3
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Baile de Zacatecas en Chicago 5-17-08
May, 9, 2008
 vamos a tocar el Sabado 17 de Mayo en el Major Hall (Major y Grand Ave) en Chicago de 8PM a 1AM, parece que los boletos cuestan $20 en la puertaplomito
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HOUSTON, TX: INVICTO - SAT MAY 10TH
May, 9, 2008
 JOIN US IN SUPPORTINGCONJUNTO MUSIC IN HOUSTON
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Posts: 182 05/06/08 at 02:12 PM #3 cowgirl wish I could be there but I`ll be in SAN ANTONIO ( T.C.F. )
but maybe the following week . I never been to J.R`S.
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Los Monarcas- Houston April 19
May, 9, 2008
 Mak's Ice House
McKinney @ Cullen
Houston
713-227-5405
Saturday April 19 8PM
Los Monarcas de Pete y Mario Diaz
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Mar., 26, 2012
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Dear accordionists,
Accordionist.Net online store announces new relieses of well-known scores by Astor Piazzolla and Carlos Gardel. Please visit our website and order sheet music with the “50+” discount.
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Dear accordionist! New sheet music and scores for accordion added featuring F. Marocco, A. Piazzolla and Yann Tiersen. Sheet music is available to order via e-mail.
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