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International Accordion Festival, Texas – USAby Rob Howard |
The 2010 International Accordion Festival takes place at La Villita, San Antonio, Texas, October 15th to 17th. Guest artistes include Mark Halata & Texavia, Riders in the Sky, Los Palominos, Los Pisteleros de Texas, Copper Box, Orgullo Vallenato, Jesse Lege, Joel Savoy and the Caleb Klauder Country Band, Solas, Debra Peters & the Love Saints, Piñata Protest, 1001 Nights Orchestra, Socalled, and Geno Delafose & French Rockin' Boogie. Workshops include: Solas – ‘Irish music’; Jesse Lege and Joel Savoy – ‘Cajun and Country’; Roberto Rodriguez - ‘plays accordion Gulf Coast style. See how Conjunto, Country, Cajun, Blues, and Rock and Roll all get mixed up into this truly Texan tradition’; Danny and Michelle Jarebek – ‘polkas, waltzes, and schottiches’; Open Mic – ‘Bring an instrument and join in the fun!’; Socalled – ‘klezmer transformed through urban beats. Learn how Socalled turns his improbable vision into fascinating music’; 1001 Nights Orchestra – ‘Discover the beautiful diversity of the Middle East on a melodic journey of song. With traditional instrumentation, 1001 Nights takes a trip across the globe’; Debra Peters - ‘Want to play the accordion but don't know where to start? Learn the ABCs in this session of blues basics; Geno Delafose - Creole culture straight from the source. Geno Delafose shares stories and songs from the life of a Creole cowboy’. For further information email: staff@internationalaccordionfestival.org |