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 ...

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The accordion is gaining worldwide popularity. Germany has declared it the instrument of the year for 2026. This all-rounder is used across various genres, from tango to heavy metal. Accordionist ...

A musical family history inspired Helmi Harrington to create Superior's accordion museum. Helmi Harrington's mother survived World War II by entertaining troops with accordion music and taught ...

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 ...

After years in decline, instrument enjoys a surge in popularity About half a century ago, the accordion was a very popular musical instrument around the world. Though it fell into a decline for ...

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 ...

Across the street from a wine lounge and a gourmet sausage spot on Glendale Boulevard in Atwater Village, a small red-and-white neon sign reads: "DAVE'S ACCORDION SCHOOL." Inside, black and tan cases ...

Walter Kuehr made his own name by making a name for what he called "the hippest instrument on the planet": the accordion. He died earlier this month at age 59. Walter Kuehr was known as the accordion ...

SAN DIEGO — You don't have to wait until Oktoberfest to get your fill of the accordion. In this Zevely Zone, I received a special invitation from a club in La Jolla. It was months ago when the San ...