- Give Me a Squeeze
Interesting Sydney Morning Herald piece on collecting concertinas. “The humble concertina (often called a squeeze box) was the home-entertainment system of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.” - Music Review: Dropkick Murphys – The Meanest of Times
Review of the new Dropkick Murphys album, out yesterday. For an example of their punk-meets-accordion-and-banjo style, check out the video for “I’m Shipping Up to Boston”, which was used in Martin Scorcese’s The Departed. - The Eddie Van Halen of the Accordion
The Muskegon Chronicle promotes the David Munnelly Band before their performance last Sunday at the Michigan Irish Music Festival. “He’s the buzz in Celtic music right now.”
