I hope the accordion will forgive me now. Growing up in a Polish neighborhood in the Midwest, I grew to love the sound of the instrument and it found endless ways to impose itself onto the soundtrack of my youth. Rock ‘n Roll steered me clear of the accordion for a number of years. At one point, I even convinced myself that listening to an accordion was the musical equivalent of waterboarding.

Somehow, though, the accordion found its way back into my heart and there it remains. This podcast is a kind of love letter to an instrument that somehow still speaks to me.

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Jeff Hoyt
Vashon Island, WA
08.08.08

The music list is long for this podcast. A lot of these tunes can be found in iTunes. Go get ‘em!:

“J’y Suis Jamais Alle’” by Yann Tiersen
“Viens Avec Moi” by DeVotchka
“Squeeze Box” by The Who
“Beer Barrel Polka” by Myron Floren
“Head Honcho” by DeVotcha
“Le Moulin” by Yann Tiersen
“Strizzalo” by DeVotchka
“Cliquot” by Beirut
“La Danse De Mardi Gras” by Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys
“Raped and Freezin’” by Alice Cooper
“Dancin’ the Devil Away” by Myron Floren
“Black Dog” by Led Zeppelin
“L ‘homme Aux Bras Ballants” by Yann Tiersen
“Mount Wroclai (Idle Days)” by Beirut
“Charlotte Mittnacht (The Fabulous Destiny Of…” by DeVotchka
“Sons and Daughters” by the Decemberists