Monterey Bay Blues Festival opens today The Salinas Californian
- Jun 24, 2011
Monterey Bay Blues Entertainment opens todayThe Salinas CalifornianChubby Carrier, front man for Chubby Carrier & the Swamp Band, has been called "the to the max's premier zydeco showman." He started his career in his father's band at age 12 and at 15 began playing the accordion. The band has recorded five albums and has The Monterey Bay Blues Feast celebrates 25 years with a female tour de all 9 news articles »
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Dick Tady Orchestra draws fans across genres and generations Tarentum Valley News Dispatch
- Jul 03, 2011
Dick Tady Orchestra draws fans across genres and generationsTarentum Valley Intelligence DispatchPolka hall-of-fame inductee Bill Seles, formerly of Springdale, lauds the Dick Tady Orchestra as "the premier band in Western Pennsylvania." Seles, known as the tract's polka ambassador, hosted the "Bill Seles Polka Bandstand" for 28 years,
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Folks flock to Butte festival Great Falls Tribune
- Jun 26, 2011
Folks congregate to Butte festivalGreat Falls TribuneThe trio includes Seamus Connolly, master Irish fiddler, Jerry O'Sullivan, well-known uilleann pipe master and John Whelan, accordion player. Connolly is a respected master Irish routine musician and teacher. A native of Killaloe, County Clare, and more »
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Folk band enjoying European tour BYU Daily Universe
- Feb 07, 5348
Populace band enjoying European tourBYU Daily Universe“[Mark] trains us quite well so when we're on trek we can do all this stuff on our own,” said band vocalist, guitarist and accordion player Andrew Sorber. “We get put in situations where things are demanded of us that we've never had to do before. and more »
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Nonesuch Events for the Long Weekend of July 1–4 Nonesuch Records
- Feb 07, 9726
Nonesuch Events for the Great Weekend of July 1–4Nonesuch RecordsThe band has a three-show run in the States before returning to Great White North, starting with Sunday's sold-out show at the Roy Wilkins Auditorium in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Restrain the Elephant opens each night. The Star Phoenix, reviewing last night's
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Song and Video Premiere: Musikanto "Every Which Way" Paste Magazine (blog)
- Jun 24, 2011
Air and Video Premiere: Musikanto - "Every Which Way"Paste Magazine (blog)The record's one “Every Which Way,” is filled with folk melodies and tinged with Americana stylings, such as the accordion and harmonica. Check out the video for “Every Which Way” in the competitor below as well as download the song here.
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Pop singer reinvents career to satisfy musical creativity BCLocalNews
- Jun 28, 2011
Pop songster reinvents career to satisfy musical creativityBCLocalNewsPlaying only guitar, he explored new harmonies and melodies, later combining rootsy elements such as harmonica and accordion, which at last manifested itself in a contemporary jazz sound. “The difficult part was finding an audience that was willing
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Local coupon masters say it's not all that time consuming Muncie Star Press
- Jun 10, 2011
Regional coupon masters say it's not all that time consumingMuncie Star PressRight now, Harrold, 41, is using a tract coupon accordion organizer to store her coupons. She switches between the accordion, envelope and binder. Sometimes she forgets her binder in the grocery tote. "The binder is a bit of an investment in the and more »
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Liveblogging the BOAC Marathon Sequenza21
- Feb 07, 5740
Liveblogging the BOAC MarathonSequenza21Athelas Heartburn Quintet with the accordionist Frode Andersen giving the US premiere of a new work Songs and Rhapsodies by Poul Ruders up next. 4:45. Not at all what I was enceinte…very slow moving chords at first, within which the accordion (technically and more »
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TD Sunfest ’11 lineup: JBNBlog has the details London Free Press (blog)
- Feb 07, 9254
TD Sunfest ’11 lineup: JBNBlog has the detailsLondon Disenthrall Press (blog)Haiti‘s David Mettelus (aka Ti-Coca) and his band Wanga-Nègès have been playing their acoustic twoubadou (troubadour) music since 1976, plan on a basic arrangement of see-sawing double bass, slithering accordion, plunky banjo, percussion,
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