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Ramon Ayala - Successo a lungo termine, Texas/USA
Di Rob
Howard
 Il
fisarmonicista Ramon Ayala, nato in Messico ha fatto una carriera
sicuramente invidiata da tanti altri. Ha inciso 130 Album, composto
molti brani interpretati da altri artisti ed ha vinto 3 prestigiosi
Grammy Awards. Molte volte lo chiamano il "King of the Accordino"
quando si parla della musica Norteño e Tejano.
Residente
in Hidalgo, Texas dal 1980, Ayala ha iniziato la sua carriera musicale
agli inizi degli anni 60 suonando in piccole cantine del Messico.
Dice: "Spero di aver fatto la mia parte per partecipare nello
sviluppo della città". "Hidalgo è stato magnifico
per me" - mi hanno sempre dato supporto e sono stati molto fieri
di me…. L'intera Valley (Rio Grande) mi è molto speciale.
… è la mia casa".
Alla domanda
della sua lunga professione dice: "Devo dare credito a chi merita
credito: sono i tifosi". I miei primi fan hanno trasmesso la
mia musica ai loro figli, questo agli inizi degli anni 60, e questi
ancora ai loro. Con questo modo sono riuscito a sopravvivere tante
epoche dai Beatles fino a John Travolta dei anni 70 fino ad oggi.
Ramon Ayala
potrebbe presto essere iscritto nel libro" Guinness World Records"
come l'artista messicano più ascoltato del momento con più
di 103 albums. Ayala è stato recentemente nominato per una
"stella" sul famoso marciapiede "Hollywood Walk of
Fame" con la possibilità di pubblicare un libro sulla
sua vita. Concludendo
dice: "Anche se su una sedia a rotelle continuerei a suonare
la mia amata fisarmonica, purchè le mie dita me lo permettono.
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Jon Hammond presenta via Podcast, New York
- USA
Di Rob
Howard
 Il
fisarmonicista, organista e presentatore Jon Hammond ha
un vasto archivio di nastri dei suoi show televisivi degli ultimi
22 anni i quali sono ora disponibili per l'ascolto via la nuova tecnologia
"podcast". Ospiti nei suoi "show podcast" niente
meno che Art Van Damme, Dick Contino e Tommy Gumin ed altri grandi
artisti come Les Paul, Lionel Hampton e Sammy Davis Junior…per
nominarne solo alcuni.
Podcasting
è un metodo di pubblicare audio via Internet. Qualsiasi digital
audio player o computer con audio-playing software può usufruire
di podcasts. Se
avete bisogono di ulteriori informazioni potete rivolgervi a Jon Hammond
via e-mail laterent@tmail.com
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Gary
Innes Appears at Interceltic Festival, Lorient - France
Contributed
by Rob
Howard
 Accordionist
Gary Innes, from the Highlands of Scotland, appeared with his band
at the Lorient Interceltic Festival in Brittany, held from 1st to
10th August. He performed the repertoire on his debut CD 'How's
the Craic?', and was given a great reception.
The Interceltic Festival is the world's largest annual gathering
for the creative artists of the Celtic countries. Each year in August
4,500 of them converge to the Breton port of Lorient. They come
from Scotland, Ireland, Wales, the Isle of Man, Cornwall, Asturias,
Galicia and Brittany, as well as from other parts of the world.
On stage, in the street or under big tents, 260 events were played
out in front of 300,000 spectators and the players were as diverse,
including traditional, classical, folk, rock and jazz musicians,
singers, dancers, painters, sculpters, writers, film makers and
lecturers. There was even a Welsh band specialising in Cajun and
Zydeco, whose accordionist switched between one row melodeon and
piano accordion depending on the style required. The accordion plays
a significant part in much of the music, with all types of accordions,
melodeons and concertinas in evidence everywhere.
Saturday's event attracted scores
of children, teenagers and young adults.
Organizer
Dave Penny said the biggest problem wasn't getting the musicians
together. "We were all in different keys, and we had to get
everyone in the same key," he told reporters. Penny admitted
the whole thing started off as a bit of a joke to promote the festival,
which became a tremendously successful promotion of the accordion.
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Richard
Galliano at Jazz Festival, Valetta - Malta
Contributed
by Rob
Howard
French
accordionist Richard Galliano and his trio, featuring Scott Colley
on bass and Clarence Penn on drums, combined Parisian and Mediterranean
influences with bebop in their appearances at the recent Malta Jazz
Festival. This festival, held in mid-July, featured musicians from
France, Germany, Portugal, Brazil and the USA.
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Ballyshannon
Folk Festival, Ballyshannon - Ireland
Contributed by Rob
Howard
The
following report appeared in the Belfast Telegraph, written by Neil
Johnston:-
"My annual pilgrimage to the recent
Ballyshannon Folk Festival - this was its 28th year, no less - also
yielded some great music, both in the session pubs and at the three
official concerts in the Rory Gallagher Theatre. Altan were in great
form, before heading off to Cambridge, accordion legend Joe Burke
did the business, as he always does, and was cheered, as he always
is, and there was an immaculate set by the velvet-voiced Galwegian
songstress Mary McPartlan.
Crowd
numbers around the town over the festival weekend were down on previous
years, but those of us who were there thoroughly enjoyed it. Maybe
some of the regulars were saving themselves for the mega-meeting,
coming up in Letterkenny, in a fortnight's time - its first ever
All-Ireland Fleadh Cheoil, at which some 250,000 musicians and fans
are expected".
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'Seven Words' at the Goetheanum, Dornach
- Switzerland
Contributed by Dr
Herbert Scheibenreif, of Friedrich
Lips Productions
 The
performance of Sofia Gubaidulina's 'Seven Words' at the Goetheanum
stage in Dornach, by Friedrich Lips (bayan), Vladimir Toncha (violoncello),
together with the Moscovite Gnessin Orchestra, directed by Mikhail
Khokhlov, brought a completely new approach to this work, which
was received enthusiastically by the large audience.
The score represents a conversation between God the Son (bayan),
God the Father (violoncello) and the Holy Spirit (orchestra), including
much dramatic expression. Further performances are scheduled in
Den Haag on September 25th, in Witten on 27th, in Evinghausen on
28th, in Kassel on 29th, in Mannheim on 30th, in Saarbrücken
on October 1st, and in Dornach on 2nd.
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Jimmy
Shand Junior Old Tyme Dance Dates, Fife - UK
Contributed by Rob
Howard
The
Jimmy Shand Junior Trio will play for another series of Old Tyme Dance
evenings at Letham Village Hall, Fife, Scotland, from 7.30pm to10.30pm.
The dates are:-
September 14th
October 12th
November 9th
December 14th
December 24th - Christmas Eve Old Tyme Dance
For further
information email jimmyshand@tiscali.co.uk
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New
site - South
East Accordion Association, The: encompasses Alabama, Florida,
Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina,
Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.
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New site from
french accordion shop (school/repair) Accordez...Accordéons
in Paris lead by Gilles Brislance.
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New site of Håvard
Svendsrud, formerly of Norway, has established himself as a professional
performer of both classical and traditional entertainment music
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New site of Lidia
Kaminska , Polish accordionist, energetic and captivating performer,
now USA resident selling her new CD's.
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A site promoting
the exciting new CD
recording of Vladimir Sidorov, with repertoire ranging from classical
to contemporary.
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Il
Carrefour Mondial de l'Accordéon di Montmagny è un
festival della fisarmonica annuale fondato nel 1989 ed attira ogni
anno molti visitatori e musicisti da molti paesi. Questo anno il
festival si terrà dal 1 al 5 Settembre con ospiti come: Paul
Grollier (Francia), Raynald Ouellet (Quebec), Rock Schryer Band
(Ontario) ed il "Oblivion Jazz Trio" (Francia). Durante
il festival verranno presentati concerti con musica folk, classico,
rock, jazz e stili popolari, inoltre saranno organizzati balli e
workshop.
Il
Pianista e fisarmonicista Nick Perito, compositore ed arrangiatore
di Hollywood con una nomina al famoso e prestigioso " Emmy-Award"
è deceduto all'età di 81 anni. Per 3 decadi ha collaborato
nello show del famoso cantante e Star-TV Perry Como che fin dal1964
è diventato il conduttore per tutti i suoi show, registrazioni
e tour.
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