Chris Parkinson is a British folk musician. He was a co-founder of the British folk band The House Band (1984-2001), playing accordion, harmonica, melodeon and keyboards.  He 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. [Wikipedia]

Parkinson will accompany Richard Grainger at the 2024 International Folk and Sea Song Festival Bie Daip in Appingedam, the Netherlands.  Chris Parkinson is more often seen as a solo artist, and has long been recognized as one of the very best accordionists in Britain.

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1956

Yes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Parkinson_(musician)

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Chris

Parkinson

Whitby

Yorkshire

United Kingdom

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