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I used to be a keyboard player, but in about 1987 I saw The Pogues performing on TV. I had never seen anything like it. The music was great and the accordion player James Fearnley was wild. Read more…
There's a great cowboy band in this video, which features an accordion player. Read more…
Long time readers of Squeezytunes will know that I'm a fan of Celso Pina, the Columbian Mexican accordion player with the funkiest cumbia tunes around. I was extremely pleased to find a video of his greatest song 'Cumbia Sobre El Rio'. Watch this and dream of summer. Read more…
Lots of famous people play accordions. Including Mickey Mouse ! This is a vintage postcard for sale on Ebay. Read more…
Some nice accordions I've recently seen on Ebay... This early Italian accordion sold for 250. This pre-war Scandalli sold for 115.99. I was quite tempted to have a punt at this one myself, it is a great looking beast. At first glance there is nothing particularly special about this accordion. Read more…
Fulanito are one of my favourite bands - they combine cumbia and merengue with accordion and hip hop beats to create a hot party sound. Here is a video of them performing 'Asi es que Vivo Yo'. Read more…
The brilliant African music blog 'Benn loxo du taccu' has just posted some excellent music from the islands of Reunion and Rodrigues. You should definitely listen to the Rene Lacaille track. Read more…
'hey, this monkey has got fleas! Read more…
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What a great combination ! Read more…
The reason I'm so late with this one is because some thieving chicken stole my accordion ! Grrrrrr. Read more…
Interestingly although today May Day is associated with the Soviet Union, it actually started in the USA. Read more…
Over the last 12 years, Caroline Hunt, from Avoch, near Inverness, has been gathering photographs of accordions made between 1850-1960 for a new reference book on the instrument. Read more…
This is quite an amusing video from a French band called Rue d'la Gouaille. I've never heard of them before but they have a good sound. Read more…
This one features an accordion player called Billy Liebert and he even gets to do a solo ! Read more…
Not only does this video feature an accordion solo, but a vibraphone solo too ! It's such a shame there are no proper big Western Swing bands around these days... Read more…
I recently returned from a holiday in Hong Kong, where I picked up some brilliantly cheesy local music. None of it featuring accordions though. Read more…
This is a pre-war 5 row Organola Artiste VI B and it's on Ebay with just two days bidding to go. Read more…
Accordions like this Paolo Antonio are generally pretty worthless because they're usually in pretty bad condition. They're good enough for playing around on, but not much else. However this one is slightly different, because it has actually been restored. Read more…
It's been a while since Mickey Mouse appeared on Squeezytunes, but here he is again this time playing a concertina ! Read more…
Like many accordion players I also play harmonicas. Which is why I love this video of Borrah Minevitch & his Harmonica Rascals playing the Boxcar Rhapsody. Read more…
I featured a Rolmonica a while back, the instrument that combines the harmonica with a player-piano. Well here's a variant of a Rolmonica... a Playasax ! It just sold on Ebay for $152 (87). There's a Rolmonica in the photo too. Read more…
Definitely worth seeing this if only to see a bass harmonica in action. Read more…
This is a Symplexophon that came up on Ebay last week. Take a good look because I genuinely don't think there are many of these around. It sold for just $114 US (60) so somebody got a great bargain and a piece of history too. This Symplexophon is an early instrument made in around the 1870's. Read more…
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