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 ...
THE young lad who fell in love with piano accordions in the 1930s is still in love. His 85-year-old hands ply the keyboard and buttons, turning puffs of air into an Argentine tango. Ron Pearce sits in ...
SHIVAMOGGA: Go back to the 1960s, and people of that era may remember legendary Raj Kapoor carrying a bulky instrument in the Hindi film Sangam and crooning the song ‘Har dil jo pyar karega’. Piano ...
The accordion music that graced Peel Street year-round in the country music capital Tamworth has fallen silent with the death this month of popular busker Rod Richardson. Rod Richardson regularly ...
EVERETT — Strap on this 25-pound musical breastplate, give it a squeeze, and you’re guaranteed to be the life of the party. Why sing the blues when you can play the accordion? With undertones of ...
Accordionist Tom Torriglia of San Francisco has declared June to be "International Accordion Awareness Month." He joins New Hampshire accordionist Gary Sredzienski in trying to explain why they love ...
The accordion is not a punchline. Between bad jokes (What's the difference between an onion and an accordion? People cry when they chop up onions), double entendres (as the Who sang, "Mama's got a ...