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 ...
Judy Santsche was 12 years old and wanted to play the piano, which was, she said, beyond the family budget. When group accordion lessons on a rented instrument became available, she remembers jumping ...
That jaunty wheezing sound coming from Bryant Park this month? A free weekly Wednesday concert series called “Accordions Around the World,” devoted to the widely influential role of the squeezebox.