In the accordion's halcyon days in the United States, which lasted most of the first half of the 20th century, a schoolboy couldn't walk through North Beach without hearing the sweet and sometimes ...
ORD — To Dahn Hagge, a festival of accordion music has deeper meaning than just the songs. “We believe that our heritage and our roots are what provides our uniqueness,” she said. “We want to ...
On its own merit, the accordion is a curious combination of sound creation: the platypus, the Frankenstein monster of musical instruments. On its right side lie a couple octaves grafted from the piano ...
If the economy has squelched your plans for an exotic summer vacation, you can head down to the annual outdoor music festival, "Wassermusik." Every year the festival takes place along the River Spree.
The accordion was the first instrument Joan Grauman ever heard. As the daughter of Joseph Tacchetti, an Italian immigrant and an award-winning accordionist, Grauman was handed a musical legacy that ...
You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Musician Jeff Grosser will play accordion at the Oasis of Music beginning at ...
Dick Contino is one of the few men in musical history who have ever squeezed big money out of an accordion. When he steps out into a spotlight and flashes a smile almost as wide and white as the ...
His name is Ramón, Ramón Ayala, el señor Ramón Ayala. They call him the King of the Accordion. If you don’t like the accordion sound or you’re not from South Texas, or from Mexican Texas, you might ...
If you’ve seen live music in Portland over the last couple of decades there’s a decent chance you’ve seen Jenny Conlee on the accordion or keyboard. She may be best known for her work with The ...
As a child, Noé Álvarez “wandered the orchards under the spell of corridistas — musicians whose spitfire fingers flew over their three-row accordion keys,” he writes in his memoir, “Accordion Eulogies ...