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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

As conjunto legend Santiago Jimenez, Jr. wailed on his accordion at the International Accordion Festival Saturday, 5-year-old Camila Borchers stood at the edge of the River Walk and tapped her toes to ...

Swan Market is a joyful place every day, but especially on Friday afternoons. The cozy German meat market and deli on Parsells Avenue fills up by noon and the line goes out the door. Customers sit at ...

At “Trivially Speaking” we are always glad to celebrate special days. In a former career I once had a 365 Special Days calendar, offering that many chances to celebrate. The group I worked with took ...