Chris Parkinson (born 31 March 1950) is a British

folk music Folk music is a music genre that includes #Traditional folk music, traditional folk music and the Contemporary folk music, contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be ca ...

ian. He was a co-founder of the British folk band The House Band (1984-2001), playing

accordion Accordions (from 19th-century German language, German ', from '—"musical chord, concord of sounds") are a family of box-shaped musical instruments of the bellows-driven free reed aerophone type (producing sound as air flows past a Reed (mou ...

harmonica The harmonica, also known as a French harp or mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used worldwide in many musical genres, notably in blues, American folk music, classical music, jazz, country, and rock. The many types of harmonica incl ...

melodeon Melodeon may refer to: *Melodeon (accordion), a type of button accordion *Melodeon (organ) The pump organ or reed organ is a type of organ that uses free reed aerophone, free reeds to generate sound, with air passing over vibrating thin metal ...

and keyboards. He has also performed with John Kirkpatrick in the accordion duo, 'The Sultans of Squeeze', who were included in nominations as 'duo of the year' in the 2006

BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards The BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards celebrate outstanding achievement during the previous year within the field of folk music, with the aim of raising the profile of folk and acoustic music. The awards have been given annually since 2000 by British rad ...

Career

Chris Parkinson has played music since the age of five, starting with the harmonica. Other instruments include the piano, guitar, concertina, tin whistle, melodeon, piano accordion, keyboard and fiddle.Chris Parkinson Biography
at the subject's own website He has worked with

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and

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Parkinson's tune ''Mr Isaac's Maggot'' appears on the accordion box set ''Planet Squeezebox''.The Planet Squeezebox: Accordion Music From Around the World
at Artist Direct

Discography

Solo work *Parky - CPCD313 *Out of his Tree - Pan Records PAN147 With The House Band *The House Band - Topic 12TS439 *Pacific - Topic 12TS445 *Groundwork - Green Linnet 1132 *Word of Mouth - Topic 12TS451 - Green Linnet 3045 *Stonetown - Harbourtown HAR019 - Green Linnet 3060 *Rockall - Green Linnet 1174 *Another Setting - Green Linnet 1143 *October Song - Green Linnet 1190 With John Kirkpatrick *The Sultans of Squeeze -

Fledg'ling Records Fledg'ling Records is a British independent record label founded in 1991. The label has re-released some albums previously issued by Hokey Pokey Records which was also run by the Fledg'ling founder—David Suff. David Suff having been half of ...

3056 With Alistair Russell *Paddy Goes To Huddersfield – Celtic Music From Yorkshire - Glade GLDCD0201 With Steve Phillips *Been A Long Time Gone - Clarion Records CL CD001 With Steve Phillips & The Rough Diamonds *Everyone A Gem - Good 'Ol Boy Music GOB:00:003 *Live At The Grosvenor - Clarion Records CLCD003 *North Country Blues - Clarion Records CLCD004

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Parkinson, Chris Living people 1950 births British folk guitarists British folk singers British accordionists 20th-century British fiddlers British male fiddlers British multi-instrumentalists 21st-century British fiddlers