Accordion Noir Radio

Inspiration comes from curious observations, and this week Bruce had one of the more curious, perceiving a numerical sequence in the date.  Consequently all of the musical selections also involve numbers and numerals… something to dwell on while you contemplate the 120 buttons on the Stradella side of your piano accordion! If your Apple or YouTube or iHeartRadio (or plain old […]

This year, for Canada Day, Bruce presented a slate of accordion tunes made by Canadian accordionists, past and present. Simple and direct! If your Apple or YouTube or iHeartRadio (or plain old RSS) podcast subscriptions (strongly recommended!) haven’t alerted you to this Accordion Noir episode’s availability yet, you can enjoy listening to it as digital audio&#16...

Greetings and welcome to another episode of CFRO’s weekly hour-long Accordion Noir broadcast! Bruce is in a summery mood (a mid one?) so that has informed this week’s selection of squeezy songs for your listening enjoyment.  If your Apple or YouTube or iHeartRadio (or plain old RSS) podcast subscriptions (strongly recommended!) haven’t alerted you to...

Northern Ireland is still in the news for the wrong reasons, and the troubles going on there apparently motivate Bruce to defiantly put a lot African accordion music into this week’s radio playlist. He suggests some sub-themes going on in this week’s song selection and the commentary between songs include Régis Gizavo’s birthday and Iona […]

Happy birthday to Bruce! He takes this opportunity to play whatever music he likes on his radio program, which of course he does every week anyway. This time around, the song selection is also informed by his takes on current world events, which again is somewhat of a regular occurrence. But the point is… enjoy […]

This week, Bruce got out of his apartment and into the CFRO studios two blocks away, where he hadn’t broadcast an episode of Accordion Noir live since the Covid-19 pandemic. Many things have changed, but the music is still all very squeezy! Broadcasting live is a more spontaneous experience, and we think you’ll be able […]

Last night’s episode of CFRO’s weekly Accordion Noir alt-squeezebox broadcast was a playlist of squeezy songs arranged by your host Bruce in memory of his sailor father, who recently passed. If your Apple or YouTube or iHeartRadio (or plain old RSS) podcast subscriptions (strongly recommended!) haven’t alerted you to this Accordion Noir episode’s availability yet, you can enjoy listeni...

This week your host Bruce had a little trouble with his heart, so of course he made it the theme for this week’s radio program. (Of all his organs that could have been cause for concern, just be glad it wasn’t one of the other ones he had to find an hour of appropriate songs […]

Yesterday was the birthday of the late, great Ritchie Valens, and Bruce took the opportunity to take us on a whirlwind audio tour of squeezy Latin music (which, of course, we could devote an entire hour to every week and barely scratch the surface!)  If your Apple or YouTube or iHeartRadio (or plain old RSS) podcast subscriptions (strongly recommended!) haven’t alerted […]

Because we are three years away from the bicentennial of Cyrill Demian’s patenting of the accordion, for this episode, observing this year’s “Accordion Day” (when you’re like us, every day is accordion day), Bruce has lined up a set of squeezy songs involving the number three. (Because there are simply quite a bit fewer songs […]