Bouwerie Boys Morris Dancers perform "Boys of the Bunch" in Cooperstown, NY on the 2024 Gilbertsville Tour.

The 2026 tour begins in a week!

#morrisDance #morrisDancing #folkDance #folkDancing #melodeon

Discovered that Xim’s album 989 is on Bandcamp so I can finally listen to the original of Longwater :-)

https://ximmusic4.bandcamp.com/album/989

#HurdyGurdy #VielleARoue #CornemuseDuCentre #EnglishBorderPipes #Flute #Melodeon #Accordion #AccordéonDiatonique #Diato #Folk #FolkMusic #Music #TradMusic #Trad

The Albion Band’s “Lark Rise to Candleford” was one of my childhood exposures to folk, and I still have my parents vinyl of it. Listening to it again, I had forgotten quite how good it is. Though I appreciate different tracks to I used to, I think that uplifting opening is why I have such affection for “Brighton Camp”.

Also you can play a guessing game each time you hear a melodeon: is that John Kirkpatrick or John Tams playing it? (What, you didn’t know that Tams could play the box as well as singing, fiddling etc? Shame!)

#Melodeon #DiatonicAccordion #Accordion #Folk #FolkMusic #Music #TradMusic #Trad

This is an example of Anas accordionensis, the melodeon mounted mallard, a diatonic duck.

#DiatonicDuck #MelodeonMountedMallard #AnasAccordionensis #Accordion #Melodeon #Diato #Duck

This recording from Blowzabella’s early days of the well known “Bear Dance” is listed as “Bear Dance No. 3” - so is it the/a third recording of it, or are there two other Bear Dances that didn’t become popular? Anyone know?

https://orkestargrupapecalbari.bandcamp.com/track/bear-dance-no-3

Anyone got any cool folk music to share this #TuneswapTuesday?

#Bagpipes #Europipes #Cornemuse #Melodeon #Accordion #DiatonicAccordion #AccordeonDiatonique #Diato #Folk #FolkMusic #Music #TradMusic #Trad

So, I'm back home and settling down with a teapot of Earl Grey, a melodeon and some tin whistles. It's music practice time!

Incidentally, I've had this song going round in my head all day (trying not to burst into it in public):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJg0RGHAiUM

#melodeon #tinwhistle #FolkMusic

Today, 11 Pluvîose, is the day of ellébore, and once I noticed that it was inevitable that I’d share this awesome Naragonia tune - Hellebore https://youtu.be/_EezqKvAdJE (played here with Gregory Jolivet)

#Naragonia #Accordion #AccordéonDiatonique #Diato #Melodeon #HurdyGurdy #Gurdy #VilleARoue #Folk #FolkMusic #Music #TradMusic #Trad

Today’s exciting delivery!

For anyone interested it is Milleret-Pignol layout in “D/G” - so D/Ehm/Accs… the “G/C” equivalent works well for me, so it made sense. Yes, it is… unusual…

#FolkLife #AccordéonDiatonique #Diato #DiatonicAccordion #Accordion #Melodeon #FolkMusic #TradMusic

I’m selling my D/G Hohner Ouverture, if anyone is interested - see https://forum.melodeon.net/index.php?topic=31926.0

#Melodeon #DiatonicAccordion #Diato #AccordeonDiatonique

Here’s Paul Young playing a couple of cracking schottisches by Gregory Jolivet this #TuneswapTuesday - what have you all got to share in return?

https://youtu.be/kN_V7ADH9Fk

#melodeon #DiatonicAccordion #Diato #Balfolk #Folk #FolkMusic #Music #TradMusic #Trad