Creosote in Summer Accordion Festivals
June 1st 2022
Rita Davidson Barnea, Editor Accordion USA News

Video: Creosote, Jamie Maschler and Gabe Hall- Rodrigues, play Snarky Puppy’s “Semente” off the Culcha Volcha Record at Petosa Accordions in Seattle, WA. Recorded with Harmonik Microphone system. Filmed by Steve Gute and Alexander Carter.
Creosote will perform for the Leavenworth International Accordion Celebration in Washington, sponsored by the Northwest Accordion Society from June 16 – 19, 2022. They will also perform at the Cotati Festival in August.
Creosote is the accordion duo of Jamie Maschler and Gabriel Hall-Rodrigues based out of Seattle, WA. Together they play a dynamic array of original and world music. Maschler and Rodrigues are both seasoned musicians and have individually and collectively mastered their craft of performing, composing and arranging on the accordion. Expect to hear elegant and clever arrangements of new and old Brazilian and world music.
Jamie is based in Seattle, WA where she studied accordion under three-time Latin Grammy Nominee Jovino Santos Neto at Cornish College of the Arts. Brazilian culture inspires her current projects; Seattle’s only forró band – En Canto, and accordion duo with Gabe-Hall Rodrigues – Creosote.
Gabe Hall-Rodrigues is an Arizona-native accordionist, pianist and vocalist currently residing in Seattle, WA. He began playing the piano at age 7 and quickly realized his love for music and performing. In 2010, after only studying the accordion for a year, Gabe won the American Accordionists’ Association’s Virtuoso Solo Competition.
For further information: jamie.maschler@gmail.com