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Tadziu Kiewicz
(1979)

Chicago Hop Polka and Two Keys Polka - MP3 (3.7 Mb)
Clarine Waltz - MP3 (2.9 Mb)
Concertina Hoe Down Polka - MP3 (2.0 Mb)
Congratulations Polka - MP3 (2.0 Mb)
Firehouse Polka - MP3 (2.3 Mb)
Happy Birthday Johnny Polka - MP3 (2.6 Mb)
I'll Never Forget Waltz - MP3 (3.1 Mb)
Jailbird Polka - MP3 (2.5 Mb)
Kalina Wlesie Polka - MP3 (1.9 Mb)
Lucky Polka - MP3 (2.3 Mb)
Moonlight Polka - MP3 (2.0 Mb)
Mosquito Polka - MP3 (2.6 Mb)
Old Country Polka - MP3 (2.2 Mb)
Play Little Gypsy Waltz - MP3 (3.0 Mb)
Take Me Baby Polka - MP3 (1.5 Mb)
Walk The Line Polka - MP3 (3.0 Mb)
Wally And Ted's Hop Oberek - MP3 (1.5 Mb)
Wesele U Witosa Krakowiak - MP3 (1.7 Mb)
What'ya Say Mary Polka - MP3 (1.9 Mb)
White Table Polka and Where's My Johnny Polka - MP3 (5.4 Mb)
Zip Zip Polka - MP3 (2.8 Mb)

Personal recording made by Tadziu for his friend and Polka music fan, Wally Cudzilo. [Editor's note: Tadziu is among the very best Polish-style concertina musicians to have played the chemnitzer concertina. These classic songs are a real treat and we thank Tadz for allowing us to publish them.]

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Sleepy Eye Area Concertina Club
(January 2009)

Dutch Boy Waltz - MP3 (2.6 Mb)
I Walk The Line Polka - MP3 (2.6 Mb)
Katarina Polka - MP3 (2.0 Mb)
Lakeside Waltz - MP3 (2.1 Mb)
Lapp Land Polka - MP3 (2.0 Mb)
Little Fisherman's Waltz - MP3 (3.6 Mb)
Mariechen Waltz - MP3 (2.4 Mb)
Minnesota Polka - MP3 (2.5 Mb)
New California Polka - MP3 (2.5 Mb)
Sweet Violets Waltz - MP3 (2.6 Mb)
Waltzing In The Woods Waltz - MP3 (2.3 Mb)
Wooden Heart Polka - MP3 (2.4 Mb)

Recordings from the January 2009 meeting of the Sleepy Eye Area Concertina Club in Sleepy Eye, Minnesota. The group included about 30 concertina musicians.

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Richard Rys - Reedless Concertina
(December 2008)

We Need A Little Christmas - MP3 (2.6 Mb) (Rys Reedless Concertina, digital)

Richard Rys - Reedless Concertina
(September 2008)

Bassoon Speed Drill - MP3 (0.4 Mb) (Rys Reedless Concertina, digital)
Christmas Waltz - MP3 (3.8 Mb) (Rys Reedless Concertina, digital)
La Cumparsita - MP3 (4.7 Mb) (Rys Reedless Concertina, digital)
There Is Power In The Blood - MP3 (2.0 Mb) (Rys Reedless Concertina, digital)

Richard is an Electrical Design Engineer who has designed and built his own reedless instrument. His goal is to create a superior sounding digital concertina that does not suffer from the common problems of the mechanical analog counterpart; that can play a diverse number of reed-family sounds; and plays like the acoustic chemnitzer concertina.

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Harry Wojahn
(January 2009)

Bum's Luck Polka - MP3 (1.9 Mb) (Hengel, key of C, quad reed)
Norwegian Seaman Waltz - MP3 (2.3 Mb) (Hengel, key of C, quad reed)
Waltzing In The Woods Waltz - MP3 (2.2 Mb) (Majestic, key of C)

(July 2008)

Green Grass Polka - MP3 (1.6 Mb) (Hengel, key of C, quad reed)

Our Saviors Lutheren Church, Fairfax, Minnesota (June 2008)

One Day At A Time - MP3 (2.6 Mb) (Hengel, key of C, quad reed)

(September 2005)

Twilight In Bohemia Waltz - MP3 (2.7 Mb) (Hengel, key of C, quad reed)

Cedar Mills, Minnesota Ballroom (September 1988)

E-I-E-I-O Polka - MP3 (2.9 Mb) (Hengel, key of C, quad reed)
Faded Rose Waltz - MP3 (2.2 Mb) (Hengel, key of C, quad reed)
Ren Broune Augen Waltz - MP3 (2.5 Mb) (Hengel, key of Eb, quad reed)

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Harty Taylor - Karl and Harty Duo
(~1941)

Katarina Polka - MP3 (0.7 Mb)
Pond Lily Waltz - MP3 (1.5 Mb)

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Jim Paprocki
(May 14, 2006)

Du Du Waltz - MP3 (1.8 Mb) (Star Streamlined, key of F, quad reed)
Oh Lonesome Me - MP3 (2.0 Mb) (Star Streamlined, key of F, quad reed)
You're All I Ask For Waltz - MP3 (2.2 Mb) (Star Streamlined, key of F, quad reed)

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Troy Gawlak and Charlie Tansek
(February 20, 2005)

Green Grass Polka / Zielona Traweczka - MP3 (1.7 Mb) (Star, key of C, quad reed)
Milk The Cow Polka - MP3 (2.1 Mb) (Star, key of C, quad reed)
North Side Hop - MP3 (2.0 Mb) (Star, key of C, quad reed)
Our Break Up Polka - MP3 (2.2 Mb) (Star, key of C, quad reed)
Sitting By The Window Waltz - MP3 (2.2 Mb) (Star, key of C, quad reed)

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Troy Gawlak
(February 20, 2005)

Bass Polka - MP3 (2.2 Mb) (Pearl Queen, key of C, double reed)
Daddy's Polka - MP3 (2.0 Mb) (Pearl Queen, key of C, double reed)
Duli Duli Oberek - MP3 (1.5 Mb) (Pearl Queen, key of C, double reed)
Farm Road Polka - MP3 (1.4 Mb) (Pearl Queen, key of C, double reed)
It's Great Oberek - MP3 (2.0 Mb) (Pearl Queen, key of C, double reed)
Ja Parobek Czardas - MP3 (1.8 Mb) (Pearl Queen, key of C, double reed)
Julianna Polka - MP3 (2.1 Mb) (Pearl Queen, key of C, double reed)
Lillian Polka - MP3 (2.0 Mb) (Pearl Queen, key of C, double reed)
Mac And Katie Oberek - MP3 (1.8 Mb) (Pearl Queen, key of C, double reed)
Mlody Parobek Oberek - MP3 (1.3 Mb) (Pearl Queen, key of C, double reed)
Nice And Easy Oberek - MP3 (1.4 Mb) (Pearl Queen, key of C, double reed)
Steven's Point Oberek - MP3 (1.7 Mb) (Pearl Queen, key of C, double reed)

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Ken Yagelski - Play-Along Songs
(January 17, 2005)

Angeline Be Mine Polka - MP3 (3.0 Mb) (Star, key of C, quad reed)
Blue Skirt Waltz - MP3 (2.1 Mb) (Patek Excelsior, key of C, quad reed)
Goralu Czy Ci Nie Zal Waltz - MP3 (1.7 Mb) (Star Beauty, key of Bb, quad reed)
Hey Cavalier Polka - MP3 (2.0 Mb) (Glass, key of C, triple reed)
I'm Getting Married Polka - MP3 (2.1 Mb) (Star Streamlined, key of Bb, quad reed)
I'm In The Army Polka - MP3 (2.4 Mb) (Star, key of C, quad reed)
In The Fields Waltz (in Polka time) - MP3 (2.4 Mb) (Patek Special, key of C, triple reed)
Jedzie Boat Medley - MP3 (3.0 Mb) (Star Beauty, key of Bb, quad reed)
Kujawiak No. 6 - MP3 (2.5 Mb) (Star Streamlined / Schuckert's Vibrato Queen, key of C, quad reed)
Lucky Stop Oberek - MP3 (2.1 Mb) (Star Streamlined / Schuckert's Vibrato Queen, key of C, quad reed)
Na Pikniku Oberek - MP3 (1.6 Mb) (Patek Excelsior, key of C, quad reed)
South Side Galop No. 1 - MP3 (1.8 Mb) (Patek Special, key of C, triple reed)
Svest Kova Alej / Prune Song Waltz - MP3 (3.3 Mb) (Star Streamlined, key of Bb, quad reed)
Why Nots Polka - MP3 (2.4 Mb) (Majestic, key of C, double reed)

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Litwin Concertina Jam - Polka Fireworks
Seven Springs, Pennsylvania (July 2, 2004)

Balloon Polka - MP3 (2.1 Mb)
Chicago Is A Polka Town - MP3 (2.9 Mb)
Concertina Polka - MP3 (3.1 Mb)
Congratulations Polka - MP3 (2.2 Mb)
Front Porch Oberek - MP3 (2.6 Mb)
Gypsy Polka - MP3 (2.6 Mb)
Happy Birthday Johnny Polka - MP3 (2.0 Mb)
High Bounce Polka - MP3 (3.2 Mb)
Hop In Polka - MP3 (2.5 Mb)
Ice Cream Polka - MP3 (2.9 Mb)
Lancers Came Polka - MP3 (2.9 Mb)
Lucky Polka - MP3 (3.5 Mb)
Shining Moon Waltz / Swiecie Miesiac Walc - MP3 (3.6 Mb)
Theresa Polka - MP3 (2.6 Mb)
Windy City Polka - MP3 (4.1 Mb)
Zip Zip Polka - MP3 (2.9 Mb)

For more information about Steve Litwin's annual Polka Fireworks' Concertina Jam, please browse to Steve's Polka Page.

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Litwin Concertina Jam - Polka Fireworks
Seven Springs, Pennsylvania (July 4, 2003)

Festival Polka - MP3 (2.4 Mb)
Paderewski Drive Polka - MP3 (2.4 Mb)
Sat On A Cow Polka - MP3 (2.7 Mb)
Should Have Stayed Single Oberek - MP3 (2.4 Mb)
Stormy Clouds Polka - MP3 (2.8 Mb)
Two Keys Polka - MP3 (2.1 Mb)
Whose Girl Are You Waltz - MP3 (3.3 Mb)