THAT WONDERFUL WHEEZE: If you were to auralize, in the mind of your ear -- or the ear of your mind, if you prefer -- what sounds and songs went with what cities, where would you begin? You might think ...

ACCORDIONS? The bellows-strong, aura-enhancing, mood-raising instruments add an atmospheric quality to so many of our important annual celebrations. You might hear the wondrous wheeze of an accordion ...

Get a compelling long read and must-have lifestyle tips in your inbox every Sunday morning — great with coffee! On Saturday, the first-ever meeting of the Philadelphia Accordion Club convened on the ...

Though manufacturers like Roland have been selling digitally-driven accordions for a number of years, they're not exactly wallet-friendly. Accordionist, composer and software developer Brendan Vavra ...

When I heard about the Seattle Accordion Social, a monthly meetup on Beacon Hill for accordionists and accordion appreciators, I called the event’s co-director, John Giuliani, 71, on his landline (he ...

In late October, a Swedish software engineer named Linus Åkesson unveiled a playable accordion—called “The Commodordion“—he crafted out of two vintage Commodore 64 computers connected with a bellows ...

Not everybody likes the sound it makes, but Elwyn Ellis describes the accordion as a gift to music. “The accordion makes such beautiful music,” said Ellis, 61. “You don’t really need a group, but it’s ...