12.17.11 Christmas With Bessie
HM157, Los Angeles , CA

THE ACCORDION BABES REVUE is a night of diverse musical revelry celebrating the accordion, featuring Accordion Babe Pinup Calendar girls Mrs. Hobbs of Ketchup Soup, Renee de la Prade, and Amber Lee Baker.

This is the fourth indie release of the provocative, girl-powered, ultimate tribute to the squeeze box, created by Renee de la Prade. The Accordion Babes Album & Pinup Calendar is sultry, sexy, sassy, silly, sweet, and impassioned. The women are not only beautiful, they are damn fine musicians, playing one of the world's greatest instruments.

The evening’s audience will be enchanted by three calendar girls and will be joined by a multi-musical line-up from the alternative accordion scene that has colored Los Angeles music in recent years. From blues to punk, experimental to jazz, Latin to gypsy, Bulgarian to Klezmer, opera to cabaret—this ain’t your grandfather’s accordion music!

Your Evening’s Hostess, Mrs. Hobbs of Ketchup Soup: Ketchup Soup is a stripped down duo with a unique pairing of eclectic instrumentation that offers a speakeasy, jazz-folk style to satiate those with a gourmet music palate.
www.mrshobbs.com | www.ketchupsoupband.com

Touring Accordion Babe, Renee De La Prade: The San Francisco-based Accordion Babes Pinup Calendar creator, this one-woman powerhouse combines rock, Cajun, Irish, French and punk music in a rollicking, foot-stomping show. www.squeezeboxgoddess.com

Touring Accordion Babe, Amber Lee Baker: Northern California’s Amber excites audiences with her sweet original songs in a sometimes sexy, sometimes silly way. www.amberleeandtheanomalies.com

Los Angeles Accordion Mob

• Timur & The Dime Museum: Dark glam opera, profiled in LA Weekly's Best Of People Issue 2011 www.timurandthedimemuseum.com
• Dorian Wood: Avant-garde troubadour www.dorianwood.com
• AK & Her Kalashnikovs: International — Opa! www.facebook.com/AKandHerKalashnikovs
• Seeing Thingz: Rock-gypsy-experimental-punk-funk www.SeeingThingz.com
• Salt Petal: The Smiths meet Os Mutantes in a dark alley in Buenos Aires www.saltpetal.com
• The Shpil: A cosmopolitan klezmer quintet www.theshpil.com
• Cat Hair Ensemble: Dada Cosmopolitan www.cathairensemble.bandcamp.com
• Demonite Na Khaosa: Bulgarian vocal & accordion harmonic beauties www.facebook.com/demonitenakhaosa
• princessFrank & the Killsisters: Accordion & drumming frenzy www.facebook.com/pages/_princessFrank/200185170025845
• Rattlesnake Charm School: Old-Time Revival, Sea Shanties, Murder Ballads www.facebook.com/rattlesnakecharmschool
• Two-Bit Opera: 1 bit, 2 bit…Cabaret! www.twobitopera.com
• Count Smokula: 496 year old Smokesylvanian musical comedian www.countsmokula.com
• Danny Kopel: Blues www.facebook.com/danny.kopel1
• Amy Denio's Trio: Experimental www.AmyDenio.com