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"Ruthlessly pursuing the idea that the accordion is just another instrument." Join the front-lines of the Accordion Revolution, broadcasting around the world almost every Wednesday since 2006. From Punk to Piazzolla (a variety of loud rock and roll, and a famous tango composer). The most unexpected variety of squeezebox music you're likely to subscribe to today.
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Tango is our passion. We dance it, we sing it, we feel it and we podcast about it. It is inside; you feel your heart beating harder. We found Tango.
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The veteran BBC presenter and journalist RHOD SHARP was cut off from the work he loved by an accelerated retirement at the instant of the first Covid lockdowns. Could podcasts keep his listeners in the conversation?
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Chicago's Classical and Folk Music Radio Streaming Online
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TANGO is so much more than a musical genre. It's history, passion and feeling. It's integration of culture, distance and generations in one expression, an Argentine sound, that people around the world associate with us and our country. Tango has got its history, secrets, artists. Past, present and future of a cultural expression declared by UNESCO as Non-Material Cultural Heritage of Mankind. Every week we introduce a special program about the most important people in Argentine tango. It's a ...
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After another little glitch, we’re back, with an hour-long episode celebrating the recent win of the Canadian Folk Music Award for Antigonish County’s own Mary Beth Carty, who we’ve been boosting here since the Myspace days (Squeegees!), plus more squeezy music along a similar vein. If your Apple or Android (or plain old RSS) podcast subscriptions …
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Nothing is easy for poor Bruce, and the well-oiled operation of his getting these episodes out into the world and online is really starting to run up against rather more friction than we are accustomed to. (Maybe we shouldn’t have skimped on that bellows replacement after the first 500 thousand miles! Really it was just […]…
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Bruce’s technological issues we have recently reported on have only grown more acute as he attempts various remedies for his troubles, which have impacted our ability to get the program out to you, our faithful listeners, in a timely fashion. Here’s last week’s episode. If you know recent Apple hardware better than the bright bulbs […]…
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Something happened last night, and this week’s episode of our Accordion Noir broadcast failed to go out over the air in time to celebrate the occasion your host Bruce had planned for: the observance of the 17th anniversary (!?) of the first congregation of the Vancouver Squeezebox Circle, which has continued meeting up for the […]…
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What was the prevailing sound on the Titanic? Light music, and lots of it. In The Band Played On, Tony Staveacre and Rhod Sharp recreate the musical voyage of SS Titanic, with a pickup band from the Savage Club of Bristol performing numbers from the White Star line songbook.By Rhod Sharp/Tony Staveacre
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Every week we share an hour (at least!) of accordion music in various styles representing different traditions from around the planet… and some of our episodes feature sub-themes that, sometimes retroactively, are surprisingly often informed by strange puns and wordplay. For this week’s program, host Bruce confides: This week’s theme is “Things wit…
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Summon The Heroes: Keith Lockhart of The Boston Pops
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In 2020, a summer of no Olympics and precious little else because of lockdown, the conductor KEITH LOCKHART tells RHOD SHARP how 80 members of the Boston Pops came together from home in a YouTube performance of John Williams' Olympic anthem Summon The Heroes. (recorded June 2020)By Rhod Sharp
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Accordion Noir radio playlist 2024-02-28: It was Guy Klucevsek’s Birthday Monday, so we played a bunch of random tunes
Our Accordion Noir host Bruce Triggs is experiencing some kind of computer collapse (new computer, not old — so he can’t go forward and he can’t go back) in slow motion, making every episode he painstakingly splices together on it a kind of exquisite torment. (I would reach out to our listenership for help, but […]…
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Music Made Me: The Allan Schiller Story: Part 1
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In the first part of this audiobook, internationally renowned pianist Allan Schiller looks back on 1961 when at the age of 18 he was selected for the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatoire.By Rhod Sharp/Allan Schiller
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Music Made Me: The Allan Schiller Story: Part 2
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In this concluding part of his audiobook, the renowned Mozartian Allan Schiller looks back on his student days at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatoire during the height of the Cold War. The members of Schiller’s piano trio prepare for the day when they go on the road.By Rhod Sharp/Allan Schiller
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A Love Letter to America: Rhod Sharp talks to Jim Naughtie: Part 1
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Rhod talks to his old friend JAMES (Jim) NAUGHTIE about Jim’s introduction to the country 50 years ago this year and other memories collected in his book On The Road. (Recorded November 2020)By Rhod Sharp/James Naughtie
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A Love Letter to America: Rhod Sharp talks to Jim Naughtie: Part 2
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Starting at a party thrown by the Kennedy family at their compound on Martha’s Vineyard and ending with an autumn 2020 encounter in a Scranton, PA. coffee shop with two voters separated by generations and party affiliation, JIM NAUGHTIE weaves more stories of the changing American body politic while asserting unshakeable faith in human nature.…
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Accordion Noir radio playlist 2024-02-21: Birthday Festivities with Pee Wee King, Steve Jordan and a Sharp Set
Bruce maintains a peculiar kind of calendar, perhaps unique in the world, featuring the birthdays of many of the most renowned accordionists of all time. (Bruce thinks you can click this link to add his Accordion Holidays to your calendar.) That way, when it’s time for us to put together an episode of our weekly […]…
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Anyone can celebrate Valentine’s day by putting together a program of accordion love songs. But it takes our rare galaxy brain thinking to observe the date by memorializing South Africa’s recently-deceased Tony Cedras by putting together an African diaspora squeezebox playlist. You won’t get this content anywhere else. (Present company excepted.) I…
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We can’t take a bold principled stand every week… some weeks, we just play accordion music. (“Just”, as if that wasn’t enough!) This week’s theme is “⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 14 songs that have four stars, from Bruce’s 26,000 track accordion library.” So please find an extra high-quality hour of our standard melange of varied squeezy musics, with a […]…
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Ordinarily this would be our monthly Bandcamp special, but something has come up that is even bigger than that. Please read on for Bruce’s statement on Palestine solidarity. If your Apple or Android (or plain old RSS) podcast subscriptions (strongly recommended!) haven’t alerted you to the episode’s availability yet, you can listen to it as digital…
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Astor Piazzolla - Tony Staveacre's interview
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Rhod Sharp and Tony Staveacre present a never-heard interview with a giant of music, Astor Piazzolla. Piazzolla inspired generations of musicians with his classically-trained approach to a form once heard only in the brothels of Buenos Aires. He called it New Tango. Such was the initial hostility to it in Argentina that he was forever grateful he h…
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Baroque Music from Spain and the New World
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The music written and performed in Spain and Latin America during the Colonial period (16th to early 19th centuries) has become more popular in recent years. However, even before those treasures were rediscovered, several composers from those regions showed their interest in exploring the strong connections between Spanish (and European) music from…
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Astor Piazzolla was a composer and a bandoneón player (the tango accordion). However, he loved the guitar, and was an expert writer for it. Fiesta will share some of these great pieces, including the beautiful Double Concerto for Bandoneón and Guitar. The post Piazzolla and the Guitar appeared first on WFMT.…
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Fiesta pays another visit to the amazing past and present of Portuguese music. Host, Elbio Barilari will share the many hidden musical treasures from this often-overlooked musical country. The post Back to Portugal appeared first on WFMT.By Fiesta Archives | WFMT
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Flamenco music from southern Spain has been very influential not just in the music of nationalistic Spanish composers, but also for composers from other countries. Fiesta features three Spanish composers influenced by these Flamenco Soundscapes. The post Flamenco Soundscapes appeared first on WFMT.By Fiesta Archives | WFMT
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Brazil is, and has been, historically, one of the powerhouses of Latin American music. In this program, Fiesta features a completely imaginary concert of Latin American music covering over two centuries of music. Featuring music by José Mauricio Nunes García, Camargo Guarnieri, and Radamés Gnattali. The post A Brazilian Concert appeared first on WF…
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Founded in the 1970s, Camerata Punta del Este is a groundbreaking ensemble bridging the gap between classical and popular music. Fiesta’s host, Elbio Barilari, will guide us through the fascinating story of these musicians and play some of his favorite recordings. The post Celebrating Camerata Punta del Este appeared first on WFMT.…
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Venezuelan Antonio Lauro (1917-1986) is one of most popular Latin American composers for the guitar. Fiesta pays tribute to this Maestro of Venezuelan musical nationalism. We will feature recordings from guitarists Danny Masters, Jesús Castro Balbi, and Miloslav Matoušek. The post The Music of Antonio Lauro appeared first on WFMT.…
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Together with José Pablo Moncayo’s “Huapango”, Arturo Marquez’s Danzón No.2 has become an unofficial Mexican anthem and has garnered worldwide fame. Fiesta will tell the story behind Marquez’s many danzóns and will feature a chamber work by this amazing composer. The post Danzón! The Music of Arturo Márquez appeared first on WFMT.…
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Social struggle and conflict have punctuated the history of Latin America. Art has always been a reflection of a society, and music can be one of the most powerful. On this program, Elbio Barilari presents musical works linked to society and human landscapes. The post Two-Hundred Years of Solitude appeared first on WFMT.…
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Host Elbio Barilari shares great Latin American music in the hands, lips, and throats of some of the most gifted Latino interpreters. Included in this program are such artists as Alberto Portugheis, Eduardo Fernández, and Ana María Martínez. Be prepared to be wowed by this exciting set of composers and performers. The post Great Latino Virtuosi app…
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In today’s episode we talked about women. Women as a genre and as source of inspiration of so many beautiful pieces of art made with music. Tango, as we know, is music created a hundred + years ago, when the societies were different. The role of women was different too and there are also common places which defined women in the poetry of tango from…
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In today’s episode we talked about Catulo Castillo, one of the great creators that Tango gave. We discussed in earlier episodes, the history of tango, the lyrics of tango and the earlier composers like Angel Villoldo, Pascual Contursi, Cadicamo, Homero Manzi and Santos Discepolo. Cátulo Castillo, with his lyrics, dug the subjects that always haunte…
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I bet you know El Choclo, probably one of the most popular tangos along with La Cumparsita. We shared the story of its creator Angel Villoldo, a pioneer. He bears the title of Father of Tango, a somewhat exaggerated qualification because there were many circumstances which originated our music. But his influence was so important in the beginnings a…
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In this episode, we talked about an icon of tango, his name was Carlos Gardel. We could make hundreds of programs talking about him; he was tango's first superstar and still one of its most enduring performers. He died young in plane crash in 1935, and he was the first singer to adopt the tango as a form of popular song. Previously, it had been ent…
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In this episode we discussed the origins of this lovely music called tango. Few people know that the major influence of this music is actually African, and it evolved from the candombe. We talked about how this marginal music and culture surged from so many different sources like that afro Argentinean, the European and the native Argentinean coming…
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Homero Manzi, the poet of tango. Homero Nicolás Manzione Prestera, better known as Homero Manzi (November 1, 1907–May 3, 1951) was an Argentine Tango lyricist, author of various famous tangos. He was born on November 1 of 1907 in Añatuya (province of Santiago del Estero), Argentina. Manzi was interested in literature and tango since he was young. A…
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Iconic tango composed by an Argentinean and Uruguayan 100 years ago, and probably the most played and danced, in all tango shows and milongas around the world and it is a tradition to be the last song in these events. "La cumparsita" is a tango written at the end of 1916 by Gerardo Matos Rodríguez, with lyrics by Pascual Contursi and Enrique Pedro …
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Philosophy in small coins Some years before, in his essay Les Assassins de la Mémoire —an acute study on the neo-nazi revisionism in contemporary Europe—, the French writer Pierre Vidal-Naquet transcribed lyrics of “Cambalache”, the seminal tango by Enrique Santos Discépolo. A far-fetched quotation? Maybe a feature of exotism by an intellectual in …
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In this episode, we talked about a beautiful, sad love story, Gricel, the love story that was immortalized in a tango song. The most interesting of this, is that this story goes beyond this 3 minute tango written by Jose Maria Contursi, because it’s actually a real love story, and in real life had a happy ending. This tango tells the story of a cha…
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If we talk of art in general and music in particular, and tango if we want to dig deeper, the lyrics have born many decades after the music of its hundred plus years of life. In this episode, we talked about the lyrics of the Tango. It was originally, in the 1880s, improvised instrumental music to cheer up parties and brothels, and with time it sta…
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Tango is our passion. We dance it, we sing it, we feel it and we podcast about it. It has to do with immigration; it was born in the late 1800 and has a lot of nostalgia. Tango historians defined 6 eras of tango since it was born. Those are: The Origins (until 1895)La Guardia Vieja – the old guard (1895-1925)La Guardia Nueva – the new guard (1925-1…
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She was the first singer, direct heiress of the primitive payadores. His is a unique case in the history of the woman in the tango. No one expressed as she, sang with the same cadence and the same I left with the speaker, was the female prototype -irrepetible- of the suburban. He played naturally, as he did, and played the guitar by tone, as Juan d…
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03 Anibal Troilo, Buenos Aires' Principal Bandoneon player.
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Even though he wasn't avant-garde, Aníbal Troilo was one of the 3 or 4 musicians who backed at one time, Carlos Gardel.By RAE Argentina al Mundo
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The son of an Italian migrant, Piazzolla is one of the most revolutionary bandoneon players and songwriters. With the Tango's New Quintet, he laid down the path towards renovating Tango.By RAE Argentina al Mundo
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Carlos Gardel is definitely linked to Tango's beginnings, its forms, its character. Gardel creates a genre didn't exist before: Tango singer.By RAE Argentina al Mundo
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