A lookout was chosen to hold open the door. An invasion song was selected. "OK, when I say go, we go! No hesitation, or the maitre d' has time to throw us out," said ringleader Paul Rogers. Blasting ...

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 ...

There were Canary Islanders with an accordion in Maverick Plaza. There were guys in kilts, with an accordion, at the Arneson River Theater. There were young punk/rock/etc. players, with accordions, ...

Since the Cotati Accordion Festival began in 1992, the yearly squeezebox celebration has demonstrated again and again that there is more to the accordion than just polka music. Drawing more than 5,000 ...

Carefree with cups of wine in hand, Fredi and Julie D’Alessio danced Sunday to the bouncy accordion harmonies of Bella Ciao in La Plaza Park in Cotati. “It’s a blast,” Fredi D’Alessio said. “The more ...

It's not easy to silence the accordion. The squeezebox has been the butt of countless jokes, but it's also one of the most plentiful instruments in the world, pressed into service by musicians from ...

ARLINGTON, VA — . -- When he was 5, John Moceo announced that he wanted to play the accordion. Chalking it up to childhood whimsy, his mother pushed him to play something else, anything else -- guitar ...

The Squeezebox Slam in Somerville began with a noble dream. Susan Berstler, director of Somerville’s Nave Galleries and a creative force around these parts generally, “envisioned getting 1,000 ...

Love it or hate it, the accordion has been a part of the global music scene for the better part of two centuries. And it’s because the instrument still has a regular presence in multiple musical ...

ST. PAUL -- There's a little one-story stucco building on Randolph Avenue in St. Paul with a stained-glass window over the door depicting an accordion. It's fitting that you're reminded of a church as ...

When you think of the accordion, what comes to mind? Be honest. Are you thinking Lawrence Welk? Terminally uncool polkas thumped out by maniacally grinning fellows in sateen vests and bad haircuts?