Here is a fantastic piece of footage, evidently taken from a movie, of Jackson Do Pandeiro and Almira Castilho singing and dancing. I don't really understand the culture here, but it's fascinating.
Incidentally, I found this on a Brazilian blog called 'Forro em Vinil' which specialises in posting mp3s of out of print forro records. My recommendation is to search for the 78rpm records.
Link: Forro em Vinil
Well, well, three years on and Squeezytunes is still going.
Here's a funky little track from Basement Jaxx to celebrate.
Basement Jaxx - Hey U
It's St Patrick's Day, so to celebrate here are 3 classic tracks from 3 classic albums that you really should seek out and purchase.
First we have "The Maids of Castlebar & The Collier's Reel" played by Tony Mac Mahon and Noel Hill from the great album "Music of Dreams".The Maids of Castlebar - The Collier's Reel
Next is from the same two players, "The Old Concertina Reel, Come West Along the Road" from a different but equally great album "In Knocknagree".The Old Concertina Reel - Come West Along The Road
To finish we have "The Flowers of Brooklyn / The Palm Tree" from Billy McComiskey's masterclass album "Makin' The Rounds".
The Flowers of Brooklyn - The Palm Tree
When you're done here then pop over to Let's Polka for some more classic tunes
Another Luttbeg accordion has surfaced. This one is black, and is for sale on Ebay in the USA. The current owner has sent me these pictures, and a video.
Another little snippet of information is that, in a November 1933 advert for Soprani accordions, these had a list price of $450 which was a huge price back then.
Here's the video:
Link: Black Luttbeg on Ebay
The Nardin Gallery is a fascinating accordion blog from Gholamreza Seyed Hasani who lives in the city of Tabriz in Iran.
Mr Hasani collects free reed instruments and also makes his own Garmon accordions.
Read his blog to find out more about these lovely beasties.
Having read the blog I had a quick scout around the interweb and realised that there is plenty of interesting free reed research to be done at the edges of Europe.
Link: Nardin Gallery
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