The Sound of 1000 Accordions
How did I miss this? In early August, 989 accordion players assembled in St. John’s (where else?) to break a world record:
Dubbed the “Accordion Revolution,” the event–held in a downtown park as part of the St. John’s Folk Festival–drew participants from beyond Newfoundland and Labrador, including other provinces, the United States and the French territories of St-Pierre-Miquelon.
“If you like accordions, it sounded great. If you don’t like accordions it sounded horrible,” joked Fergus O’Byrne, a founding member of the band Ryan’s Fancy and a staple in the capital’s folk scene for more than three decades.
Wow, that’s an insightful assessment. Apparently they played a Maritime standard called Mussels in the Corner. Here’s a page dedicated to the Accordion Revolution. Sadly, there’s no video.
Andrea 
Monique