The Vancouver Squeezebox Circle
meets
on the first Thursday of every month at Spartacus
Books, 684 East Hastings Street. Note that there will be no session at Spartacus in March -
The next session will be on April
5th from 8 to
10 pm. Instead, on March 1st (the first Thursday) go see Creaking Planks
+ Portland's Underscore Orkestra
- Little Mountain Gallery, 195 E. 26th
Street
Contact: To
add your event, band, or other resource to this website - or for more
information, email us!
Musicians
and bands in and around Vancouver:
Geoff
Berner -
live at Accordion Noir Fest
Barbara Adler & Fang - Live
at Accordion Noir Fest
Anna B and the
Heartbones:
Western Jazz - swing'n party and jazzy intrigue - "Bawdy, fun, soulful
and intimate " - w. Simon Kendall on accordion & piano
Sue
Baines is squeezing with Mojo Zydeco & Double Rainbow
The Beer Barrels - 'oompa music'
from "a 3 piece Oompa-pa dance band who have been performing
professionally for approximately the last 30 years."
Geoff
Berner: The Whiskey Rabbi
- watch Geoff's solo performance at the Vancouver World Peace Forum,
Nov 11 2010: part 1
& part 2
Celtic Traditions
- Michael Pratt and Lynn McGown: Fiddle, concertina, voice, and more.
Lache Cercel and the Roma Swing Ensemble
- 'The flare and passion of traditional Eastern European melodies with
swingin' jazz harmonies... and a little egyptian percussion for good
measure...' Ben Alija on
accordion
Double Rainbow -
accordion/banjo ensemble playing all sorts from Jazz to Gypsy, Klezmer
to Country, Latin to light orchestral, Celtic to Calypso, Zydeco to
Funk to Total Fun!! Sue Baines squeezing and Steve Cottrill twanging
Late Thaw- or https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1746266363"a sound steeped in country,
bluegrass and blues... new music with a
traditional foundation rich in honkytonk, heartache and harmonies" -
Simon Kendall on keyboards and accordion.
Ken Oszinski
- plays with 'oompa band' The Beer Barrels, and solo on old style music
- polkas, waltzes, tangos, and more.
Pastiche -
Folk Noveau: original tunes plus music from France and Quebec from
former members of Mad Pudding with two (!) accordionists - Boris Favre
& Allen Dionne
Rattlebone Band:
English ceilidh, English country, American contra and French Canadian
dance tunes played on melodeons, banjo, guitars, whistle/flute, fiddle,
tuba and percussion. Contact: Graham Baldwin: gbaldwin.rattlebone@gmail.com;
604 720 2790
Redboot
Quartet:
A gypsy jazz quartet that took a left turn into Western swing? A Paris
café band whose waltzes suddenly detour into wild Balkan dances? - w.
Alison Jenkins on accordion
Rio Samaya: 'Pancho
and Sal' (Francisco & Sally Pace) - a combination of Latin, Reggae,
and Rumba
Marian
Rose- folk dancing, square dancing, old time social dancing,
and accordion too!
S-Bahn
- Celtic, wedding shows, Oktoberfest shows ethnic dances, and
appearances at accordion festivals w. Richard Theiss on accordion
Wheat in
the Barley: From a traditional Celtic tune to a Yiddish
theatre
gem, to a Blue Rodeo cover, to more-than-solid
originals, w. Victor Smith on accordion
Todd Wong:
Classical, Celtic and popular music, featured on radio and tv. Creator
of Gung
Haggis Fat Choy Robbie Burns Chinese New Year Dinner. Performs solo
and with Black Bear Rebels Celtic Ceilidh Band. Read the January 2012 Globe & Mail article.
Cold Cut Combo
is a
Victoria gypsy jazz group with Aaron
Watson squeezing button accordion.
Kim Darwin: Mayne
Island-based
jazz, classical, tango, and more
Dr. D (Chaim David Mazoff),
specializes in Argentine Tango, Musette and Latin Jazz. Email: cdmazoff@hotmail.com
Elephant Island
in
Victoria plays music whose desperation is kind of warm and cozy, with
an accordionist named Jamie Cummins.
Natasha
Enquist- has performances varying from children's shows,
festivals, in theatre, within bands or solo, special events - both
public and private, nightclubs and lounges. Natasha Enquist
marches on in saving the world with the accordion, now back in Victoria
from Disneyworld; http://accordionspieler.blogspot.com/
or http://www.myspace.com/accordiongirl
Joey Only Outlaw Band:
“An anarchist
sort of Stomping Tom Connors,” (CBC) now moved to Wells
Jonathan Goldman
sometimes takes a few moments away from the University of Victoria
music faculty to
squeeze out a tango on accordion or bandoneon.
Raghu
Lokanathan: singer song-slinger and a very nice guy
(even if he lives far away in Valemount!)
Meatdraw
- grunge-folk, with some good songwriting - (Victoria) had Megan Boddy
on
accordion, but no resident squeezer anymore... Grayson Walker sometimes
sits in.
Jelena Milojevic:
classical,
experience accordion played this well at least once in your life;
Georgia Straight article (Nov 26 2009). Jelena has recently helped
organize the 20-player BC Accordion Orchestra
David P.
Smith - Hillbilly rhythm 'n' booze - (Victoria)
TerraZetto is a
Vancouver Island trio for whom gypsy jazz meets bossa nova with a twist
of tango, featuring Nanaimo's Len
Imbery
TriMaestro
is a Victoria-based Francophone virtuoso trio that celebrates musical
multiculturalism and exquisite music art, from classical to world folk
Grayson Walker,
formerly with Frog Eyes,
squeezes
in Victoria along with J Maclaughan, and can often be found at the
Logan's Pub Sunday Hootenany.
Yiddish Columbia
State
Orchestra: Victoria 8-piece playing klezmer through
bluegrass
through New Orleans jazz; Marion
Siegel squeezes.
Debra Peters - from
Burnaby to Austin - Debra comes back to town every couple of months and
is offering Vancouver-area lessons when she's here -
for lessons during this period, email her: dpeters33472@sbcglobal.net.
She also sells 3 volumes of DVD lessons: ABCs
of Piano Accordion Basics
Richard Theiss -
Professional, working accordionist for over 30
years. All kinds of styles. Close to Kootenay Loop in Vancouver: http://richardtyce.com
