🕵️old klezmers🎻There's some cool stuff in this new batch. Nothing klezmer, but a good amount of Greek/Turkish/Ottoman music mixed in with the thousands of American discs.
As someone interested in early recording industry history, I love this project. still holding out hope that they eventually release klezmer test pressings that no one has ever heard in 100 years
https://www.library.ucsb.edu/recordings-added-dahr-april-2-2026
for example these two tracks by unidentified Greek orchestras in Germany, recorded before WWI, not sure if they're both the same musicians or not. very prominent #accordion with a sound you'd never hear today
https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000747381
https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000747380
AccordionBruce@carkner
Wonder if those are the mellower brass reeds Josh Horowitz often talks about and plays in his restored 100 year old #accordion?
Wonder if those are the mellower brass reeds Josh Horowitz often talks about and plays in his restored 100 year old #accordion?
@AccordionBruce I thought of that too but I don't know enough to say!