List of popular music acts that incorporate the accordion
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This is a list of articles describing popular music acts that incorporate the accordion. The accordion appeared in popular music from the 1900s-1960s. This half century is often called the "Golden Age of the Accordion." Three players: Pietro Frosini, and the two brothers Count Guido Deiro and Pietro Deiro were major influences at this time.
Band or musician | Accordionist | Style |
---|---|---|
Abnoey Park | "Captain" Robert Brown | |
Alan Doyle | Todd Lumley | Folk/Country/Rock |
Arcade Fire | Régine Chassagne Richard Reed Parry[1] |
Indie rock |
The Band | Garth Hudson | Americana |
Barenaked Ladies | Kevin Hearn | Alternative rock |
The Beach Boys | Various session musicians[2][3] | Rock |
Beirut | Perrin Cloutier | Combines elements of Eastern European and folk sounds |
Calexico | Martin Wenk | Rock |
Counting Crows | Charlie Gillingham | Rock |
Czeslaw Spiewa | , Martin Bennebo | Combines elements of Eastern European and folk with pop and alternative rock |
The Decemberists | Jenny Conlee | Folk rock |
Detektivbyrån | Anders Flanders | Combination of electronica and folk. |
DeVotchKa | Tom Hagerman | Indie rock |
The Dropkick Murphys | Tim Brennan | Celtic punk |
Elaiza | Yvonne Grünwald | Folk, indie rock, alternative rock |
The E Street Band | Danny Federici[4] Roy Bittan Charles Giordano |
Rock |
Finsterforst | Folk metal, Viking metal | |
The Felice Brothers | James Felice | Folk/country rock |
Flogging Molly | Matt Hensley | Celtic punk |
Folkearth | Polydeykis (Zion) | Viking metal, folk metal, black metal |
Paolo Presta | Folk rock, jazz | |
Jason Freese | solo | Alternative rock, pop punk, punk rock, garage punk |
Gogol Bordello | Yuri Lemeshev[5] | Gypsy punk |
Great Big Sea | Bob Hallett | Traditional Newfoundland folk and rock |
The Hooters | Rob Hyman | Rock |
Bruce Hornsby | Bruce Hornsby | Rock. Played accordion at various Grateful Dead concerts. |
Jason Webley | Self | Combination of traditional music, Romani music, punk rock |
John Mellencamp | ? | Rock. Has included the accordion in most of his music since 1987's The Lonesome Jubilee. |
Julieta Venegas | Self | Latin pop |
Jump, Little Children | Matthew Bivins | Combines Irish influences with an alternative rock sound |
Katzenjammer | Anne Marit Bergheim | Pop |
Mark Knopfler | Phil Cunningham Jim Cox Iain Lothian |
Blues Rock, Roots Rock, Celtic Rock, Folk Rock. Accordion included on most solo albums (since 1996), plus various collaboration and soundtrack projects. |
Kongos | Johnny Kongos | Alternative rock |
Korpiklaani | Juho Kauppinen | Folk metal |
Lemon Demon | Neil Cicierega | Indie rock |
Los Colorados | Unknown | World rock |
Los Lobos | David Hidalgo | Rock and roll, Tex-Mex, country, zydeco, folk, R&B, blues |
Lucero | Rick Steff | Alternative country, Punk rock, Alternative rock, Heartland rock, Memphis soul, Blues rock |
Mägo de Oz | Sergio Cisneros | Folk metal, folk rock |
Madvillain | Madlib | Hip hop |
The Mahones | Katie McConnell (Katie Kaboom) | Irish folk, Punk rock, Rock |
Maria Ney | Maria Ney | Weimar German cabaret performer |
MewithoutYou | Aaron Weiss | Alternative rock |
Mekons | Eric Bellis aka Rico Bell | Alternative rock |
Molotov Jukebox | Natalia Tena | Gypstep |
Moonsorrow | Henri Sorvali | Folk metal |
Motion Trio | (Accordion Trio) | Collaborations with other artists (such as Bobby McFerrin and Michał Urbaniak) |
My Superhero | Mike Berault | Ska punk |
Neutral Milk Hotel | Julian Koster | Indie rock |
NOFX | Eric Melvin | Punk rock |
Oingo Boingo | Steve Bartek, John Avila, | New wave, dance-rock, ska, alternative rock |
The Pogues | James Fearnley | Irish punk, pub music |
The Radioactive Chicken Heads | Punky Rooster | Punk rock, comedy rock |
Random Encounter | Careless | Alternative rock, indie rock |
Scythian | Folk, Celtic, Celtic rock, gypsy, Americana | |
Silvestre Dangond | Juancho De la Espriella | Vallentos, Modern and very popular Colombian music |
Sound Horizon | Revo | Combination of many genres, ranging from heavy metal to classical |
Steam Powered Giraffe | Steampunk, folk rock, vaudeville | |
Stolen Babies | Dominique Lenore Persi | Experimental rock, avant-garde metal |
Styx | Dennis DeYoung | Hard rock, progressive rock |
Svartsot | Hans-Jørgen Martinus Hansen | Folk metal, Viking metal |
Jani | folk metal | |
Twenty One Pilots | Tyler Joseph | Alternative rock, indie pop |
Tesco Value | , Martin Bennebo | Folk, pop, rock |
That Handsome Devil | Jeremy Page and Andy Bauer | Alternative rock, alternative hip hop |
They Might Be Giants | John Linnell[6] | Alternative rock |
Those Darn Accordions | various, currently Paul Rogers and Suzanne Garramone | Accordion-based rock/pop/comedy band |
Tiger Lillies | Martyn Jacques | Brechtian and gypsy cabaret |
Tom Waits | William Schimmel, David Hidalgo | Jazz, rock, blues, folk, experimental rock |
Tosca Tango Orchestra | Glover Gil | Nuevo tango, classical music |
Turisas | Janne Mäkinen, Netta Skog | Folk metal, Viking metal |
The Twilight Sad | Andy MacFarlane | Scottish folk rock, indie rock |
Varang Nord | Jeļena Kaļniša | Folk metal, Viking metal |
Vitas | Vitas (studio), ? (live) | Eclectic Russian pop |
Weddings Parties Anything | Mark Wallace | Folk rock |
"Weird Al" Yankovic | Self | Comedy music, parody music |
Windir | Valfar | Folk metal, Viking metal, black metal |
The World/Inferno Friendship Society | Franz Nicolay[7] | Cabaret punk |
Yann Tiersen | Self | French, avant-garde |
Folk metal | ||
Kalevala | Folk metal | |
Leshak | Folk metal, death metal | |
Folk metal, death metal | ||
Svarga | Folk metal |
References[]
- ^ On tracks "Neighborhood #2 (Laïka)" and "Wake Up", respectively
- ^ The Pet Sounds Sessions: "The Making Of Pet Sounds" booklet
- ^ Pet Sounds (CD Liner). The Beach Boys. Capitol Records. 1999.
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: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ AP (April 18, 2008). "Danny Federici of E Street Band dies at 58". 2009 The Associated Press. Retrieved 2009-07-24.
- ^ "Eugene Hutz, Gogol Bordello's Gypsy Punk Hero", NPR Music, August 15, 2007, retrieved 2010-01-26
- ^ "John Linnell Biography". Starpulse.com. 1959-06-12. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
- ^ Best known as the keyboardist of indie rock group The Hold Steady
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