Archives: Jukeboxes
An online concertina video jukebox curated by Paul Walker. Please share your favourite YouTube links of concertina players (any system or genre) with him at vjb@concertina.org.
December 2021
Curated by Paul Walker
First, Rob Harbron who writes, “I’ve been really enjoying playing a piece of newly composed music for the English concertina – Timothy Johnston’s ‘Nocturne for English Concertina’. I’ve been working with Tim, helping him understand how the instrument works, and I’ve really enjoyed getting my fingers round the piece. Have a listen here!”
June 2021
Curated by Paul Walker
Homebaked Concertina #4
We start with the fourth in a series of concertina video concerts produced during the Covid 19 virus lockdown period in Australia during 2020. Players in order of appearance are…. Emma Lewis playing ‘The Drunken Tinker’, John Thompson Playing ‘The Concertina Song’, Wony Min playing ‘McKechnie’s Farewell’, Annette Benson playing ‘The Butterfly’, and Helen & Tony Romeo playing some favourite tunes.
Don’t miss “The Concertina Song” a spoof on Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah”.
March 2021
Curated by Paul Walker
First off, another instalment from Homebaked Concertina: Australia 2020. This time # 3
Ailish Moran and dad Jody playing Aileen Penny’s ‘Jig & Maids of Mitchelstown’.
December 2020
Curated by Paul Walker
Full marks to James Dangarfield, ICA reader in Australia who alerted me to Homebaked Concertina series of concerts. Here’s number 2 – catch Lee Knight playing the Klezmer tune “A Night in the Garden of Eden”.
September 2020
Curated by Paul Walker
Full marks to ICA member down under, James Dangarfield who alerted me to the Homebaked Concertina Australia 2020 concert number 1:
Bruce and Ross Kurtz playing the Fred Holland’s Schottische,
Ciaran O’Grady playing an unknown tune,
Millie and Tristen White playing Blue River Waltz,
Rod and Maria Thompson playing She Moved Through the Fair,
Trevor Trotter playing Stains Morris and The Bear Dance.
August 2020
Curated by Paul Walker
Steve Taggart (concertina enthusiast extraordinaire) has unearthed lots of musical goodies for us (enabling me to go and put the kettle on!).
He emailed: “Paul, here’s a lovely bit of crisp, very smooth, Anglo playing”
March 2020
Curated by Paul Walker
Valentin Osipov: virtuoso concertinist
Göran Rahm, writing from Uppsala Sweden
“I just enjoyed Concertina World 480 and it came to my mind that as far as I remember one of the most outstanding concertina artists of today has not been properly exposed anywhere so why not in the Concertina World video list ?”
First off Valentin Osipov playing “Радость любви. The joy of love” on, I think, a 48 key treble Aeola-without the aid of wrist or neck straps.
November 2019
Curated by Paul Walker
Steve Taggart (concertina enthusiast extraordinaire) has unearthed lots of musical goodies for us this month (enabling me to put my feet up!).
He writes:
“Paul, here’s a beautiful little waltz by Frederic Paris who, l believe, composed that other great tune “Le Canal en Octobre”: (Webmaster: Yes, indeed he did)
September 2019
First, 2 links mentioned in the aricle on Matusewitch in this issue:
Gregory Matusewitch – Czardas by V. Monti [Provided to YouTube by Smithsonian Folkways Recordings]
Contralto Vera Smirnova sings a two-part Potpourri of Russian Songs / Popurri iz Russkich piesen / Попурри изъ Русскихъ пъсенъ in this recording made in New York in June of 1927. The excellent accordion accompanist is unfortunately unidentified. From the original 78rpm disk