 Patrick
Harison
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| Born to a goldsmithing accordion
player and a ballet teacher, Patrick Harison grew
up in a home full of art, music and dance. His father
encouraged him to pick up the accordion at age 13.
The heart of his musical education took place on
the bandstands of Minnesota's bustling music scene
working with artists as diverse as Connie Evingson,
Coach Said Not To, Zeitgeist New Music Ensemble,
Mandragora Tango Orchestra, Parisota Hot Club, John
Devine, Sam Miltich, Mark Kreitzer and countless
others. |
| web site :www.patrickharison.com |
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 Dee
Langley
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| When Dee Langley first played the
accordion at the age of four, she could not have
known that her love for the instrument and her passion
for music would eventually reap her numerous first
place honors, take her to Europe, and earn her several
guest appearances as accordionist with the Minnesota
Orchestra and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra. As
a professional, Dee has participated in seminars
and symposiums on accordion styles and techniques
in Chatel, France and Klingenthal, East Germany.
She also has performed with the Dolina Polish Folk
Dancers and Ethnic Dance Theatre as well as officiating
as Director of The EDT Folk Orchestra. Dee is also
proud to one of the six inhabitants of Rogaria and
the President of the Accordionists and Teachers
Guild, International. *listen
to Dee* |
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 Dan
Newton
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| "Daddy Squeeze" has been playing
offbeat accordion music since 1987, when he won
the Nebraska State Accordion Contest at the Czech
Festival in Wilber, Ne. He has used the squeeze
box for playing all kinds of music not normally
associated with free-reed instruments, as well as
standard accordion material. His forays into previously
uncharted squeeze box territories include blues,
Renaissance, Appalachian, ragtime and reggae. Daddy
Squeeze also enjoys mixing up styles and genres
that don't generally seem compatible. "Music out
of context", or "Ethno-clectic Bop" is the result
of his gender-bending experiments with Celtic, Tex-Mex,
Creole, Blues, Jazz, Scandinavian, Polka and pop
music *listen
to Dan* |
| web site: www.daddysqueeze.com |
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 Machinery
Hill
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| Machinery Hill is a Mpls based band that blends
ska, klezmer, celtic, rock, American folk & many
other colors into their own style. A lot of instrumentals
and many well crafted lyrical salads. Machinery
Hill is a 1996 winner of a Minnesota Music award
for best world beat CD & 1999 MMA winner for specialist
recording. They have performed along with such diverse
acts as BeauSoleil, BuckWheat Zydeco, Frente, Phish,
Black 47, Brave Combo, Eugene Chadbourne, Jimmy
Carl Black and Queen Ida; and have headlined at
The Great River Folk Festival,among others. *listen
to Machinery Hill* |
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 Orkestar
Bez Ime (OBI)
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| The Upper Midwest's finest Balkan
and International dance band uses a mix of folk
and modern instruments—including accordion, clarinet,
dumbek, flute, guitar, kaval, tambura, violin and
voice—the group (Colleen Bertsch, Matt Miller, Scott
Keever, Natalie Nowytski, Dee Langley, and Katrina
Mundiger) stays close to traditional Eastern Europe
through its Rogarian melting-pot sensibility. Join
OBI for the music of Armenia, Bosnia, Bulgaria,
Hungary, Kosovo (Albania), Macedonia, Moldavia,
Romania, Rusyn, Serbia, Sweden and, of course, Rogaria.
*listen
to OBI* |
| web site: www.rogaria.com |
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 Tom
Sullivan
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| Tom Sullivan is a mid-life rebeginner... playing
briefing as a child, rekindling his music 35 years
later and is having a wonderful time learning the
great pop and rock hits of the 50 - 60s. |
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 Hank
Thunander
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| Hank began his musical
career at the age of nine in a small town in Bessemer,
Michigan. Recognized for his achievements, Hank
was awarded the Army Commendation Medal for his
outstanding leadership and performances in Special
Services Entertainment. Hank has repeatedly awestruck
crowds with his various styles of music at night
clubs, festivals, casinos, ballrooms and theme parks
throughout the U.S. His extraordinary talet includes
a cast number of ethnic themes, big band, polkas,
old-time, country, 50's-60's-70's, standard, light
rock, classical melodies, spiritual, patriotic and
holiday tunes. *listen
to Hank* |
| web site: www.wirthentertainment.com/hank_thunander_polka.htm |
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 Dan
Turpening
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| Daniel Turpening is a Minneapols-based musican
specializing in accordion performance and repair.
He is a certified Accordion Repair Technician and
a teacher at the West Bank School of Music. Daniel
has studied extensively with renowned teacher Dr.
Helmi Harrington and attended accordion festivals
in Moscow, Russia and Chicago, IL. He performs at
weddings, parties, plays and puppet theatres. Daniel
also enjoys sharing his love of music as a street
performer and performs in this capacity at every
opportunity. |
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 Wild
Hollow
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| Wild Hollow specializes in instrumental
innovation, changing the faces of familiar classical
compositions with impeccable artistry. They also
introduce audiences to the unique sounds of Eastern
European folk music. Colleen Bertsch (violin), Dee
Langley (accordion), and Katrina Mundinger (clarinet)
met as members of Ethnic Dance Theatre Folk Orchestra
and also perform with Orkestar Bez Ime. Wild Hollow
enables them to draw on their years of classical
training and perform works by Handel, Mozart, Kreisler
alongside the exciting ethnic music they have traveled
far and wide to find. |
| web site: www.myspace.com/wildhollow |
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