Yes people! June is both National Accordion Awareness Month, and African-American Music Appreciation Month! Although both were commemorated simultaneously for a brief moment, courtesy of Huddie Ledbetter (aka Lead Belly), DJ McSchmormac kept the rest of the show focused on accordion awareness, except when documentary filmmaker Maureen Gosling called in to chat about the Arhoolie documentary, currently in production.

Huddie Ledbetter (aka Lead Belly)

PLAYLIST:

• “Koma ichôshi (excerpt)” by the Music Section of the Imperial Household Agency from “Japanese Traditional Music – Gagaku – Buddhist Chant – Kokusai Bunka Shinkokai 1941” 
• “Corn Bread Rough” by Huddie Ledbetter from “Global Accordion – Early Recordings”
• “Piraten” by Hugo Johansson & Axel Sjöholm from “Dragspelare från Dalarna – Kommersiella inspelningar 1909-48 / Accordion Players from Dalarna in Sweden – Commerical recordings from 1909-48”
• “The Heath’ry Breeze” by P.J. Conlon from “Oldtime Records – Vol. 1 U.S. Recordings”
• “El Amor De Panchita” by Narciso Martínez from “Norteño & Tejano Accordion Pioneers – 1929-1939”
• “Polski Taniec” by Aleksander Iwanowski from “Edison Sound Recordings – (Humorous Songs)”
• “Übaschen Übaschen” by Weiß Ferdl from “München – Volkssänger – Rare Schellacks 1902-1948”
• “Qlaqt Oumellit” by Cheïkh Elafrit from “Volume 2 – Les Succès Des Années 30 (musique Populaire Tunisienne)”
• “Aubade Charmeuse” by Jean Vaissade from “Django Reinhardt – Musette to Maestro 1928-1937– The early work of a guitar genius”
• “Cornbread And ‘Lasses” by Carter Sisters & Mother Maybelle with Chet Atkins from “1949”
• “Norah Creina” by Delia Murphy & Michael O’Higgins from “The Legendary Queen of Irish Folk Singers”
• “Flowers of Edinburgh (excerpt)” by W.F. Cameron from “Melodeon Greats – A Collection Of Melodeon Masterpieces”
• “Mazowea” by Fundi Konde from “Retrospective Volume 1 1947-1956”
• “Viva la giga” by Caesare Pezzolo from “Global Accordion – Early Recordings”
• “Lannen Lokari (The Western Logger)” by Hiski Salomaa from “Stranded in the USA – Early Songs of Emigration”
• “La Cucaracha” by Paz Flores & Francisco Montalvo from “Norteño & Tejano Accordion Pioneers – 1929-1939”
• “Smyneiko Minore” by Zounaras Me Armonika from “Rembetika 2 – More of the Secret History of Greece’s Underground Music”
• “The Wave On The Sea” by Carter Sisters & Mother Maybelle with Chet Atkins from “1949”
• Interview with Maureen Gosling
• “Bessarabia Doina” by Mishka Ziganoff from “Squeeze Play – A World Accordion Anthology”
• “Innisfail Special” by The Innisfail Orchestra from “Oldtime Records – Vol. 1 U.S. Recordings”
• “Dormi E Riposa” by G. Gangone from “Squeeze Play – A World Accordion Anthology”
• “Politikos Sirtos” by Papatzis-Tzakiris from “Squeeze Play – A World Accordion Anthology”
• “The Cherry Blossom” by Frank Quinn from “Farewell To Ireland”
• “The Rose In The Heather/ The Frost Is All Over (Jigs)” by Joe Magure’s Pride Of Erin Orchestra from “Past Masters Of Irish Dance Music”
• “Poet and Peasant Overture” by Guido Deiro from “Complete Recorded Works, Volume 1”
• “Italian Army March” by Guido Deiro from “Complete Recorded Works, Volume 1”
• “Palmatória (exceprt)” by Manezinho Araújo from “De Bahía aux sertões 1939-1955 – Brésil: les chants de la mer et de la terre”