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Here's part three. Thanks so much, Gary

http://accordeonaire.blogspot.com/2012/ ... three.html

I've posted the first part of an interview with Sylvain on my blog, as well as links to free downloads of four of his recordings (with his blessing). Sylvain Piron was an early inspiration and teacher for me. He's been playing French accordéon since the late 70s, and is central to the trad music and...

A report from Chateau d'Ars fest from pipe maker Geoff Wooff ... hopefully more to come. Lord, I wish I could have been there! Many pretty pictures of boxes

http://accordeonaire.blogspot.com/2012/ ... t-one.html

That's a wonderful message to get. Congratulations.

Hello, just discovered this forum because someone linked to my tradFrench music blog. I play G/C accordions, and I'm pretty focused on that Auvergne/Massif Central repertoire. I do play whistle, and at one time played whistle a lot, and played Irish music a lot. I was on the old Irtrad mailing list,...

You might also look for cabrette players, Jose Roux and Dominique Paris. They do play "the canon."

Sorry for the almost duplicates. I'm new in these parts.

Yes, Mitch Gordon is a great guy, and his OP stuff is priceless (Frédéric Paris' Carnet de Bal, for example). Other suggestions for CDs: Patrick Bouffard, a great hurdy gurdy player who always has a great piper with him, a number of his are available from Amazon or iTunes or other sources. La Chavan...

I would say the place to start is with La Chavannee and Frederic Paris. The ones that Mitch Gordon has on his site are fantastic. But even through Amazon you can get stuff like Rage de Dance . http://accordeonaire.blogspot.com/2011/02/frederic-paris-and-la-chavannee.html Also, Patrick Bouffard is a ...