First
Thursday
of every month - Squeezebox
Circle get-together; Spartacus Books. The next session will be September 7th 8 pm - 3378 Findlay(just off Commercial Drive at 18th)
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
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
Saul Berson
Quartet: Great modern jazz. Saul plays sax - look for Kim Darwin on accordion
Ana
Bon-Bon: swooning cabaret chanteuse back after a long stay in London.
Konstantin Bozinov plays lute, guitar, and accordion with Bulgarian folk dance group Kitka.
He specializes in East European folk music and has spent many years
touring, playing at traditional weddings, and recording. He is also a
professional lute player, specializing in renaissance and baroque
music.
Celtic Traditions
- Michael Pratt and Lynn McGown: Fiddle, concertina, voice, and more.
Gary Comeau and the
Voodoo Allstars - high energy, New Orleans-style rockin'
roots and blues, w. Darryl Havers on accordion and keyboards. Gary also plays with Cannery Row -
Crooked Road Band - promise
'Celtic music for all occasions', playing traditional dance tunes and
folk songs from Ireland, England, Scotland, and elsewhere on button
accordion, celtic harp, Irish bagpipes, and more.
D'n'A - accordion/piano
wizard Andy Fielding with violin/mandolin wizard Doug Thordarson
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
Drive Street Band - can have as
many as two accordions (!) amongst the brass and percussion
Don Embree -
available for your function at reasonable rates. Lots of experience in
different styles of music. Solo or with a band. Call Don at
604-721-8809.
Flying Folk Army
- back after a 7 year sleep. Lively political folk with Alison Jenkins
on accordion
Jack Garton - accordion, trumpet, and lots of fun, from Maria in the Shower to Demon Squadron
The Gram Partisans:
alt-folk/country/bluegrass/political w. Alan Zisman on accordion
Green Penny Folks - flute/piano/accordion w. Katheryn Petersen on accordion
Illiteratty -
cheeky jazz folk w. mandolin, guitar, accordion, bass, 4 vocals. Simon
Kendall squeezing.
Alison Jenkins:
solo and with Lone Crow Jubilee, Flying Folk Army, Something About Reptiles, Redboot
Quartet, Old Yeller, Zeelia, Rogue Crows (and probably more)
Simon Kendall
- piano, B3, accordion, production and more
Killarney - Irish
rockers with John Cronin on accordion appeared at the Blarney
Stone from 1984 - 2013 rumoured to be the longest-running house-band
engagement in the world(!)
Kid Kordene (Ed
Lasko) - from Beer Barrel Polka to Take Five, with stopovers in the
Finland Woods: 604-521-8362
Mimosa
draws on Jazz, Brazilian Sambas, French 60ies pop and Cabaret music to
concoct its own unique sound
Ronald Mytko -
cajun-style diatonic accordionist (played with the Pinegrove Ramblers):
604-466-0663
Tyson Naylor: from Dan Mangan to Sick Boss We're glad he's back from Berlin!
Tyson is currently playing piano/organ/accordion/etc with Dan Mangan,
the Crackling, the Abramson Singers, Francois Houle's Living Ditches,
Sick Boss and his own Tyson Naylor Trio
The Oktoberators- Oom Pa in Vancouver. Ready to serve up Octoberfest around the region all year round!
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:
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. Back in 2015 after a while off.
The Wayward Hearts- bluesy-folk rock & roll country band w. Jim Favaro on accordion
West My Friend - Cascadian third-wave indie prog chamber folk-roots music (FB here)
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.
Zeellia: Ukrainian soul now w. Alison Jenkins on accordion
Alan Zisman: plays with the Gram
Partisans (and co-hosts the monthly Squeezebox Circle drop-ins and manages this website)
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.
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.
West My Friend
- Victoria ' indie-roots to chamber-folk'
Yiddish Columbia
State
Orchestra: Victoria 8-piece playing klezmer through
bluegrass
through New Orleans jazz; Marion
Siegel squeezes.
Blackberry
Wood: folk-rock dance cabaret band; anyone know if
they still have an accordion player?
Joanna Chapman-Smith
(now back home in Toronto) - "makes you want to dance with the gypsies"
Scott Dunbar - one man band and
accordionist extraordinaire; from Prince George to Montreal
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 gone from
Victoria to Berlin after a stay at Disneyworld; http://accordionspieler.blogspot.com/
or http://www.myspace.com/accordiongirl
Bruce Freedman African
Groove Band
- striking a balance between traditional African rhythm and free
improvisation, w. Tyson Naylor on accordion
Good for
Grapes-"a
six piece freight train of folk music," - Sean
MacKeigan is no longer on accordion - pity!
Gypsie et la Fleur
- Eastern European Tango/Classical flavor w. Mike Bell on accordion
(now
relocated to Berlin)
Lewis Kane - folk
accordionist was playing, teaching and jam-hunting in Vancouver but now is back home in Scotland
Debra Peters- Blues, country,
tex-mex; from
Burnaby to LA and
now in Austin
Marian
Rose- folk dancing, square dancing, old time social dancing,
and accordion too! But now in Chicotami Quebec.
Accordion
Lessons:
Jennifer Andersen- teaches beginner to intermediate piano accordion plus voice, piano,
musical theatre, etc. Specializing in
accordion coaching as a special skill for singers/actors/performers.
Konstantin Bozhinov
teaches classical and improvised accordion music to all ages and
ability levels, both privately and at the Vancouver Community College.
Robyn Carrigan offers beginner
accordion, guitar, and piano lessons along with singing lessons.
Celtic Traditions
- Michael Pratt and Lynn McGown: celtic concertina, fiddle, harp,
bodhran, mandolin, voice, and more.
Alison Jenkins
- Beginner to intermediate students, kids or adults are fine;
comfortable teaching people who want to learn by ear OR by sheet music.
Specialities: Folk, Celtic, Eastern European styles. Can make house
calls around Vancouver, or teach out of a studio.
Ronald Mytko - teaches
cajun-style diatonic accordion (played with the Pinegrove Ramblers):
604-466-0663
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 these periods, email her: dp@debrapetersmusic.com She also sells 3 volumes of DVD lessons: ABCs
of Piano Accordion Basics
Sergiu Popa (based in
Montreal) is offering
lessons in gypsy Eastern European music, at any level - via Skype -
contact - http://www.sergiupopa.com/en/index.html
Pavel Ryzlovsky :
accordion, piano, organ, clarinet, saxophone, harmony, music theory and
history – for your pleasure or for exams, all styles, all ages,
improvising, music notation, at two Vancouver locations or at your
place, e-mail pianostudies@hotmail.com, cell: 778 939 2252
Richard Tyce - http://www.skweezebox.com
. Professional, working accordionist and teacher for over 30 years. All
kinds of styles. Close to Kootenay Loop in Vancouver. In person or via
Skype.
