Zydeco Crossroads: A tour of Martin Accordions
In October, 2014, Zydeco Crossroads toured Martin Accordions in Scott, Louisiana. A family owned business, Shop Manager Anthony Martin, gives a fantastic behind-the-scenes tour of their business, the kinds of accordions they make, and how they are made.
Martin Accordions
FIlmed, edited and produced by Bob Giardini
Zydeco Crossroads
WXPN
Zydeco Crossroads has been supported by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage.
Trì at the Crane Library - March 21, 2010 Quincy MA
Concert at the Crane: Emerging Celtic music ensemble Trì includes three of New England's most sought after traditional Celtic musicians. Bagpiper Matthew Phelps, fiddler Doug Lamey, and guitarist Cliff McGann have performed at Harvard Square's legendary Club Passim and other venues in the Boston area, as well as festivals across North America. Trì was recently featured on the WGBH Celtic Sojourn series and just released their debut album, Tri A-Measg ChairDean (Among Friends).
Lafayette, The Hub City - The Documentary
Travel through the heart of Acadiana. Explore the flavors of food and music Lafayette has to offer. Learn about the rich history of the language and cultural makeup of this lively city. Enjoy the events Lafayette has to offer and dance the night away with Cajun and Zydeco music. Welcome to Lafayette, The Hub City.
Awards:
-Best Ethnographic Documentary 2018 - Alive Documentary Film Festival - Los Angeles, CA, USA
-Best Documentary Short Film 2018 - South Film and Arts Academy Festival - Rancagua, Chile
-Official Selection 2019 - Cinema On The Bayou Film Festival - Lafayette, LA, USA
-Official Selection 2019 - Clean Shorts Film Festival - Oklahoma City, OK, USA
Director and Editor - Javier Ortiz Pereyra
Producer - Motu Pictures and Celeste Marfull
Special thanks to all the people who play a part on this beautiful project.
Thank you Lafayette Community.
Lacassine Special
Lacassine Special on Acadian C
Longhorn Music Camp 2014 - Band 3 - Laredo-Paso Doble
canon of D(Johann Pachelbel)/taca
Taca Best Vol.1 (Apple music,Spotify's link)
Taca Best Ballard Vol.1 (Apple music,Spotify's link)
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LETTERS – taca
Taca Best Ballard Vol.1 (Applemusic,Spotify's link)
Taca Best Vol.1 (Applemusic,Spotify's link)
1500円 (税別)
優しい風に包まれて (4:52)
Birthday Song (4:48)
Canon in D (6:12)
L’etoile manquante (4:47)
Happy happy song (5:15)
All composed and arrangement by taca,
except on 3 by Johann Pachelbel
※2 Lyrics by taca & Takaaki Kishida
Musicians :
taca (accordion)
Kentaro Suzuki (electric bass, contrabass)
Leo Komazawa (percusions)
Hidehito Naka (clarinette) on 1, 5
Antonio Piras (guitars) on 2, 4, 5 ※2 solo guitar
Takaaki Kishida (vocal, guitar) on 2, 4
Recording Enginner : Jun Adachi & taca
Mixing & Mastering Engineer : Naoto Tanemura
Mixing Assistant : Riho Shiokawa (STUDIO emPOINT)
Studio Booking Manager : Yoshiko Koizumi (STUDIO emPOINT)
Recorded on 21th Jan-15th Fev 2013 at Clear Water studio, Paris
Mixed & Mastered on 16th, 18th, 20th Fev 2013, at STUDIO emPOINT, Tokyo
Design produced by MOVE Art Management
Design by Mioko Takano
Illustration by yamyam
Sound Produced & Produced by taca (Clear Water records)
Cherchez La Femme
From the album Cherchez La Femme released 21 June 2012 on Scott Cooley Records (catalog # SCR05).
© ℗ 2012 by Scott Cooley. All rights reserved. Words & music written by Scott Cooley.
Scott Cooley -- recording, mixing, mastering, production, performance of vocals, acoustic bass, acoustic guitar, drums & washboard.
Lenore Cooley (appearing courtesy of ShoeGirl Productions) -- inspiration, accordion extraordinaire & co-producer.
Made in Michigan, United States Of America.
Earth Song la acordeon
Un an de la moartea lui MJ :(
Symphonic Pop Orchestra - Paso Doble
auf der Hanse Sail in Rostock 2008
Charlotte's Waltz
Waltz to welcome our grand-daughter, due on 22nd December 2010 in London. Please lower the volume slightly.
Cycle Zydeco 2015 - Joie De Vivre Cafe in Breaux Bridge, La (2)
Cycle Zydeco is a fully supported, 4-day bicycle ride celebrating Zydeco, Cajun, and Creole music and food. The ride draws people from all over the United States and abroad to Acadiana to enjoy our world-renowned food, music and natural beauty in addition to our Louisiana hospitality. Cycle Zydeco participants will experience the area’s “joie de vivre” as they meander through Acadiana. Departing from Lafayette on Thursday, April 8, 2015, the route goes through the friendly communities of St. Martinville, Breaux Bridge, Henderson, Arnaudville, Opelousas, Mamou, Eunice and Scott before returning to Lafayette on Sunday, April 12, 2015.
David Greely - Fiddle, Vocals
Chad Huval - Accordion
Joie De Vivre Cafe, Breaux Bridge, Louisiana 4/9/2015
Cajun Calendar June 18, 2016
Angelle Bellard updates us on this weekend's activities in Eunice, LA, at the Jean Lafitte Prairie Acadian Cultural Center.
Mud Puppies sound check for the African djembe drum at R.T. Quinlan's Bar & Lounge in Duluth, Minn.
Mud Puppies Band
Sound Check at R.T. Quinlan's in Duluth, Minnesota
Friday Night
September 9th, 2011
African djembe drum gets a sound check......
Mud Puppies - personal:
Miss Sonja Barb Bjordal - vocals, acoustic guitar
Lee Big Country Martin - electric guitar
Joey High Flyynn Flynn - washboard
Mark Pepe Macham - African djembe drum
Frank Mick Nichols - harmonica
Blaise squeeze box Taylor - accordion,percussion - (shaky egg)
Mario Blitzoid Glitsos - bass
Andy Swollen Lipke - sax
Sonja and Lee are two of our favorite peeps!!
Here's another link from our channel of a sound check we took as in a spur of the moment decision to capture this video while we were waiting our turn to perform at the state fair as Elmo tests out the drums...
This video is a fun one....check it out..
Up date.. here's a link to Lee Martin and myself playing the song...
Wild Boy click here..
NOW this is what I call A ONE MAN BAND
We saw this guy playing at the Boston Flower Garden, he even plays Kazoo, looks like I'm gonna have to up my game..
NOTHING ELSE MATTERS by STEVE´N´SEAGULLS (LIVE)
FARM MACHINE ALBUM AVAILABLE HERE:
Shot by Jaakko Manninen Photography
Recording and mixing by Antti Laitila
Glue Factory Pt 1 by the Glue Factory Orchestra
Another tune from July of 1990 at Beneath Broadway in Long Beach CA.
GFO was: Tony Atherton (alto sax), Diane Barkauskas (keyboard, accordion), Dave Black (amplified string bass), Joe Bouchard (Guitar), Jeff Fairbanks (drums, marimba), Martin Tardif (electric bass), and Jerry Wheeler (trombone). Tune by Jeff F.
Cycle Zydeco 2015 - Joie De Vivre Cafe - Breaux Bridge, La (3) (Back Door)
Cycle Zydeco is a fully supported, 4-day bicycle ride celebrating Zydeco, Cajun, and Creole music and food. The ride draws people from all over the United States and abroad to Acadiana to enjoy our world-renowned food, music and natural beauty in addition to our Louisiana hospitality. Cycle Zydeco participants will experience the area’s “joie de vivre” as they meander through Acadiana. Departing from Lafayette on Thursday, April 8, 2015, the route goes through the friendly communities of St. Martinville, Breaux Bridge, Henderson, Arnaudville, Opelousas, Mamou, Eunice and Scott before returning to Lafayette on Sunday, April 12, 2015.
David Greely - Fiddle, Vocals
Chad Huval - Accordion
Joie De Vivre Cafe, Breaux Bridge, Louisiana 4/9/2015
Ghosts of Good Times — South Louisiana Dance Halls Past and Present by Philip Gould
My talk to the Dancehall Conference, will be based on material from the above book to be published by UL Press this Fall 2016.
My presentation will begin where my dance hall life in Louisiana began in 1974, with the Blue Moon Cajun Dance Hall in New Iberia, which closed in 1978.
I will show photographs from that early period and discuss personal experiences. I will also touch upon other places where I have photographed during my four decade career in Louisiana. In most instances these places have closed or are long gone.
In the program, I will also present images from the closing night of Hamilton Club, a Creole establishment in Lafayette. And the grand reopening of La Pouissiere Dance Hall in Breaux Bridge.
The presentation will also include images of closed clubs. Photographs from the project blend the building’s architectural stature with a patina of decay, which can reveal a more profound sense of the buildings’ history and allure.
I will discuss the role of those dance halls still open today, point out the few that have obviously persevered and discuss why. I will also discuss the historic role of the dance hall as a social epicenter for communities and opine as to why such a role has faded. There is also the question of size to the times. The Southern Club for example is by today’s standards an uneconomical monstrosity. It could not survive in these times I feel because of its size.
The demise of the clubs is by no means a sign of the music’s fading popularity. Cajun and Zydeco, are more popular than ever. The venues have just changed. People see these groups at festivals, on trail rides, in modern, often smaller clubs. Interspersed with a presentation of dancehall images, I will read passages from folks who have written about personal experiences and remembrances for the book.
Then, questions.
Lafayette Country Showdown Winner Cayden Bergeron
Winner of the Lafayette 2014 Country Showdown Cayden Bergeron performing his original song Detour
SEPTEMBER SUN by Rob Shepley
Klezmer-ish live @The Music Room Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, March 2018
Rob Sheply, guitar
Concettina Del Vecchio. accordion
Tom Verity, clarinet
Marcel Becker. double bass
Chris Tann, sound and picture
Klezmer-ish is represented by Gail Cooke, laughingdogmusic.co.uk