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The Times is one of the best night spots in the metro. Come find out why, and hear CAO at the same time! 2nd Ave & E Hennepin, Mpls. Read more…
Jumbo stretches out with Cajun, Zydeco, R&B, Latin, Ska, and Rock n Roll! This is a great dance space on Sunday night! The Half Time Rec is on Front Ave just east of Lexington Pkwy, St. Paul. 651-488-8245 $5 cover http://home. Read more…
Ginkgo Coffee 721 Snelling Ave N St. Paul, MN 651-645-2647 7:30 – 10 (doors 7). $10adv/$12 day of show. All-ages http://www.GinkgoCoffee.com Round-Robin Songwriter Night! Read more…
Good food, friendly neighborhood pub atmosphere. Located just off 61 at 4th St. at 4736 Washington Sq.,White Bear Lake 651-407-7162. Read more…
Dan gives a solo concert at this nice venue along the river. The Blue Heron is on 162 W. 2nd St. Winona, MN For ticket info and directions call 507-452-7020 or visit http://www. Read more…
Hope Church is on 4911 Hodgson Rd, Shoreview. Tickets are $7 at the door. Call 651-486-6243 or visit http://www. Read more…
Most websites on accordions will tell you that they come in varying sizes going from just a few bass buttons all the way up to full-size which is 120. However there are a few accordions that have 140 buttons, like this handsome Dallape. Read more…
Now this is an exciting accordion. Most pre-war accordions aren't really all that good, but a few are. This one was valued at 1000 back in 1982. It was made in Castelfidardo (the cradle of accordion masterworks) in the late 1800s. Read more…
Bandoneons are the squeezebox of choice for tango. Astor Piazzola played Zero Settes but this one looks as though it might be in the same sort of league. It's a 1930s ELA Bandoneon. Read more…
Karlsson's Accordeon Museum in Sweden is an accordion museum like any other... Read more…
Harry Geuns is a Dutch collector and builder of mainly bandoneons but also a few other interesting instruments. I'm particularly interested in his latest offering which is a hybrid bandoneon that actually appears to have a button layout that seems to make some sense (to me at least). Read more…
Hero are a well known Chinese maker of accordions and this is a delightfully wacky example of one of their early models. Read more…
Accordions from before the 2nd World War often don't sound too good, but some of them a simply spectular to look at. Here's is an amazing red Scandalli, which I guess is from the 1930s. Note the art deco edge to the keyboard. Read more…
Most pre-war accordions don't sound great, but according to Allodi Accordion's website Cooperativa were one of the best makes. In common with many pre-war accordions it looks great too. Read more…
Now this is a cool shot of a street urchin with a flutina organetto. Read more…
This is a poster from 1988. This is my first posting of a mini art festival I'm having this week on Squeezytunes. Read more…
A bit of culture to start the weekend. This is 'The Blind Girl' by the pre-raphaelite painter Sir John Everett Millais (1829-1896). The original is in the Birmingham Musuem & Art Gallery. Read more…
You know it's very rock n roll to smash up a guitar at the end of a gig. But in the Dropkick Murphy's video for "Sunshine Highway" (available on google video) the tear an accordion in half ! Still it's a great song though. Link: See the Dropkick Murphy's "Sunshine Highway" here. Read more…
This one is quite an expensive collectible, but pretty spectacular. Read more…
This appeared on Ebay in the US recently but didn't sell (the starting bid was $499) Look carefully at the piano keyboard for a surprise... yes there are two rows of buttons ! The auction says that it is made by Universal Detroit. Read more…
I play accordion, but strictly of the piano accordion kind. When it comes to button accordions they just baffle me. The layouts of the buttons are frequently bizarre. However from the look of this button accordion I should be able to play it as the buttons are clearly laid out in a piano style. Read more…
When it comes to bandoneon players there is one player who is pre-eminent - Astor Piazzolla. This video is of one of his most wonderful compositions 'Adios Nonino', which I believe was written as a tribute to his father. Read more…
The accordion wasn't ever hugely successful in country and western, but it did have a role to play. This video is of the great Tennessee Ernie Ford and features a piano accordion in the backing band. I love this vintage stuff, there'll be plenty more coming up on Squeezytunes. Read more…
Richard Galliano is a French accordion player of some repute. Here he is playing Django Reinhardt's 'Daphne'. Read more…
Kimmo Pohjonen is an accordion player from Finland, and he's developed a unique style which is skillful and daring. Not to everyone's taste perhaps, but worth seeing. Read more…
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