Wednesday, March 6th, 8:30 pm
Accordion Noir presents…
Ingrid Gatin (Wininpeg)
with Twin Voices and Zaac Pick
at the Railway Club (579 Dunsmuir Street)

Ingrid Gatin is touring across Canada in support of her newest full-length release 1000 Lives with Montréal-based looping project Twin Voices. The duo create indie-folk magic on-stage with collaborations for many of the tracks from Ingrid’s new album and Twin Voices’ newest EP, live- looping guitar, violin and ethereal vocals, with accordion, piano, soul-style vocals and harmonies.

Ingrid’s new full-length album, 1000 Lives, was created with Grammy-nominated engineer/producer Howard Bilerman (Arcade Fire, Basia Bulat, The Dears) between a loft and a church in Winnipeg and Howard’s studio in Montréal. Released February 2013 on Pipe & Hat.

Ingrid Gatin creates soundscapes and dreamscapes, pulling the listener into her reveries with her soulful and sultry voice. You can hear strains of ‘70s soul in the air and hints of Balkan bravado, but through it all, Ingrid evokes emotion, longing, and romance in every song.

Born and raised on the Canadian prairies, dramatic landscapes and endless skies have fed Ingrid’s imagination since she was a child. She credits her innovation to piano lessons in her aunt’s home at four years old, to the wildness of surrounding nature, to small towns, and swings.

http://www.ingridgatin.com

Twin Voices is an indie folk project with roots in the Ottawa Valley and wings in Montreal. Lead member Laura Beach crafts a dark and lovely sound with imagery that draws on a life lived between small towns and cityscapes. Live-looping of violin, voice and guitar make for a performance that is equal parts stunning simplicity and playful complexity.

http://www.twinvoices.bandcamp.com/

America’s Finest Accordion Babes are visiting our very own cherry blossomed town for One Night Only this March 29 at the fabulous Ukranian Hall! Led by the Squeezebox Goddess herself, Renee De La Prade, this show will make you laugh, swoon, and itch for a squeeze of your own.

The Babes will be joined by our very own Katheryn Peterson in the infamous Something About Reptiles, and Jack Garton will be our host and tightrope walker, performing as the Jack of Hearts.

see you there!

additional info at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Accordion-Babes/128066897203923?id=128066897203923&sk=events#!/events/573540282659040/

advance tix on sale at highlife records now!

Stay tuned for Performer and Venue details.

Click here for details

It’s the most wonderful time of the year!

Accordions and their fans are doing an excellent job of taking over Vancouver. Here is your itinerary for Sunday, September 16th, hereby declared  ACCORDION DAY @ THE ANZA CLUB
10: 00 am – 1:30 pm : Roll out of bed and nurse yourself back to full vigor, congratulating yourself wildly for having caught Geoff Berner and Panstereoama at the Waldorf on Saturday Night. You deserve brunch!

2:00 pm : Bring your cranky squeezebox and your curiosity to the Accordion Repair Workshop, led by San Francisco’s Renee de la Prade (of Accordion Babes fame) and Meladona. It’s PWYC, and will be hands-on, entertaining, and highly useful for anyone who chooses an accordion as their companion instrument.

4:00 pm: Saunter back to the Anza Club for  “Mistakes I’ve Lived Through”, a show dedicated to the incomparable thrill of first-times. Featuring a brand new accordion rock odyssey by Proud Animal, with backing from a deadly accordion mob; brand new pieces by accordion slinging youth; and an open mic open to anyone who wants to try their hand at public accordion performance. This show promises to be hilarious, a little scary, and sweetly memorable. Tickets $5-$7 at the door.

6: 00 pm : Time for a dinner break, friends! Did you know that Main St. has many delicious things to eat? Yup! And beverages– there are delicious beverages to be had. And vintage stores to pick through. Fun!

8: 15 pm: Doors open for the Underdog Instrument Grudge Match. The city’s finest and funniest ukuleles, accordions and banjos go head to head in  a musical brawl. Possibly the festival’s most “hands-on” event: come support your favourite instrument, or, if you hate them all, come and have your  mind blown by the hilarious cheating and brilliant playing of Vancouver’s top heavies. This show sold-out last year on word of mouth alone. Come early to avoid sadness. For a taste of the smack talk that’s already brewing, check out the FB event page.

9:00 pm – Midnight: We’re grudging hard. Did I mention this is the last event of the festival? No big deal, but if you want to have a drink with some of the sterling personalities behind the Accordion Noir Festival, you must join us. After the show at Locus on Main St. It is a place of cheap pitchers and nice beer. Good news for all! Talk to me at the show  (recognizable as the person saying, “I’m Barbara Adler”) if you’d like more info.

Happy Accordion Day Eve, and see you tomorrow!

Barbara Adler

Online tickets for this Saturday’s Panstereorama at the Waldorf are now officially Sold-Out!

however….

custom-made tickets can still be purchased at Highlife Records and Redcat Records!

only 2 days left to buy this one-of-a-kind ticket at the advance price of $12

a limited number of $15 tickets will be released at the door on the Night Itself….

Curious how they use this photo for Barbara’s interview.  That looks a lot like Geoff Berner, who’s hosting Thursday night’s (Tomorrow!) Big Squeeze at the Cobalt and then headlining on Saturday at the Waldorf.

The parades both start on the West side of the Creekside Community Centre, near the Olympic Village (that monument to public/private bail-outs). You should see it at the centre [B] of our handy map:

Parade #1.  Thursday Sept 13   7:00 – 8:00pm  Before the Big Squeeze at the Cobalt 

Meet: West of Creekside Community Centre.  (1 Athletes Way;  [B] on map.)

Parade loudly from the Pedestrian Bridge to Science World, then make our way to the Big Squeeze at the Cobalt nightclub (917 Main Street; [C] on map) before the 9 pm performance time.  10 tickets are reserved for paraders for reduced cost of $10 (pre-paid by Todd Wong).

2) Sunday Sept 16   7:00 – 8:00pm

Meet:  West of Creekside Community Centre.  (1 Athletes Way; again [B] on map.)

Parade joyfully from the Pedestrian Bridge to Science World, then to the Salt Building Plaza (with the Giant Sparrows, south of Creekside Communtiy Centre) then make our way 8 blocks to the ANZA Club (3 West 8th Avenue; [A] on map) before the 9pm commencement of the Underdog Instrument Grudge Match.

Suggested Attire:

Renée de La Prade (see her on Saturday at the Waldorf!) and the Great Morgani

Bring glow sticks to decorate yourself and your accordion, as sun sets at 7:22pm

TRANSIT – two blocks west of Main Street Sky Train station.

Remember the goal:   Post a photo of yourself with an accordion (the easy part), in front of one (or more) of our huge bus-shelter Accordion Noir Festival posters.

How can we make it even easier for you to fulfil your photo-accordionic destiny?

How About: Where are the Bus Shelters?

Photo-ready accordion-fans may visit these shrines of the accordion at:

W. Broadway, West of Collingwood
King Edward,  East of Cypress
W. 4th,  West of Vine
E. Hastings, West of Dunlevy  (Confirmed, see photo)
SW Marine,  East of Oak
Victoria,  North of Upland
West Blvd. North of  W. 49th
W. 16th,  East of Courtenay
E. 41st,  East of School
E. 49th,  East of Arlington

(These have not all been confirmed, help us collect them all!  We’ll post photos here as we get them.)

Convey your photo to us (respond below, post on the Accordion Noir Festival facebook, or bring to a show in person) and you can win an Accordion Noir t-shirt to keep and cherish for always!   – “Fantastic!”  Bruce of Accordion Noir

Shout-out to Kerry from Co-op Radio’s West-Coast Classics for the spell-check.  His dedication to quality in media is an inspiration.  No, really.

The Challenge: If you share a photo of yourself, with an accordion, in front of one of the bus shelter posters, you will receive a free Accordion Noir T-Shirt.  How cool is that?  There are ten bus-shelters in various locations, collect them all!

The above example was taken late at night with a crap phone-camera.  See how easy it is?  You can do better than that!  Grab your accordion and start hunting!  Post yourself and your accordion on the Accordion Noir Festival Facebook page, or bring your photo to one of the shows and talk to us in person.

Here’s what the fine shirts look like: