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NAKED CONCERTINA - The Anglo concertina revealed and unadorned. 21 solo country dance tunes selected from Jody Kruskal's tune collection "Feet in the Clouds."

FEET IN THE CLOUDS - 50 original tunes for contra dance musicians. Reels, jigs, marches and waltzes - all guaranteed fiddle-friendly and dancer approved.

The 1st Book

The 1st solo CD

The Party

GRAND PICNIC - the classic CD recording featuring high-energy contra dance music that combines the rhythmic drive of old-time Southern tunes with French Canadian and New England fiddle music.

POOR LITTLE LIZA JANE - old-time tunes and songs with Jody Kruskal and friends, featuring Anglo concertina, fiddle, mandolin, banjo, guitar and bass playing old-time classics, unusual tunes and originals.

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...This solo CD

Old-Time
Tunes and Songs

COOL TUNES FOR HOT DANCES CD - 18 original dance tunes from the "Cool Tunes" book played solo on anglo concertina: music for contra, square, couple, ceili and morris dancers.

CDs are great but some folks want

THE NEW STUFF

This tune book goes with...

COOL TUNES FOR HOT DANCES BOOK - includes the 18 dance tunes from the companion CD below, plus 37 more for a grand total of 55 original reels, jigs, marches, hornpipes and waltzes. The tunes are notated as lead sheets with melody and chords in a large, easy to read format.

The 2010 CD

Paul Friedman - fiddle - Jody Kruskal - Anglo concertina and vocals
with
Bill Peek - banjo and piano

This new recording presents a unique and memorable duo in a program of rarely heard American songs and tunes. Jody Kruskal (Anglo concertina and vocals) and Paul Friedman (fiddle) have been playing traditional music for more than 30 years in New York City and beyond.

The songs tell American stories that are hilarious, gritty and true — stories of train wrecks and wrecked marriages, death-row convicts and lonesome lovers, heroes, losers, swaggering braggarts, and lazy slackers. The fiddle tunes hail from New York to California, from the Southern states on up to Quebec.

Bill Peek adds variety and depth to four tracks with his expert piano and banjo playing. Together, these three veteran dance musicians present a vibrant new American album, offering up a fresh crop of old songs and tunes.

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The New CD

My latest recording project is finally out and about. “Sing to Me, Concertina Boy” - A full CD of concertina songs and tunes, ranging from the ridiculous to the sublime... vintage crooning of some very old popular songs from the late 18th through the mid 20th centuries. These songs share a quirky and charming nostalgia that includes traditional folk, variety, music hall, 2nd Avenue and Hawaiian hapa haole gems. This unexpected mix of amusing songs and tunes is guaranteed to raise a smile and make you want to sing along.