Fiddler, vocalist, accordionist, and songwriter Cedric Watson will continue Symphony Space’s series of virtual concerts centered on the blues live on Friday, December 11, 2020…
Exploring the Blues with Corey Harris Featuring Cedric Watson
Tag: accordion
Artist Profiles: Lelo Nika
Accordion virtuoso and composer Lelo Nika was born in Serbia in 1969. He was proclaimed by Joe Zawinul as “the greatest accordion player I’ve ever…
Artist Profiles: Celina da Piedade
Celina da Piedade is a Portuguese accordionist, singer-songwriter and composer. She started studying music at the age of 5, and shortly afterwards was performing in…
Artist Profiles: Carmelo Torres
Accordion player and composer, Carmelo Torres is considered one of the leading Colombian cumbia performers. He is the living legacy of Cumbia Sabanera, a rural…
Artist Profiles: Sergiu Popa
Born in Chisinau in 1981, Moldova, Sergiu Popa is a member of a well-known Roma (Gypsy) musical dynasty in his country. He, like several generations…
Artist Profiles: Markku Lepistö
Markku Lepistö, from southern Ostrobothnia, is one of Finland’s most dynamic accordionists, having been playing folk and dance music since age five. A graduate of…
Elegantly Modern Accordion Rooted in Portuguese Tradition
Danças Ocultas – Dentro desse mar (Galileo Music, 2018) Portuguese accordion quartet Danças Ocultas recorded Dentro desse mar at Casa do Mato Studios in Rio…
Artist Profiles: Danças Ocultas
Danças Ocultas is an ensemble comprising four accordionists from Agueda near Porto, in Portugal. The quartet is among the most innovative and most exciting representatives…
Artist profiles: Steve Riley
Steve Riley was born in Mamou, Louisiana in 1969. He grew up there, a prairie town of Mamou where Cajun French is spoken on the…
A Thrilling Night of Modern Cajun Music
Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys – 30 Years Live (Valcour Records, 2019) Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys celebrated its 30th anniversary with an…