Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The accordion is the Rodney Dangerfield of instruments. It don’t get no respect. It’s dismissed as a fixture of polka bands, yet ...
Pete Barbarich played his accordion until the day he died. "When my dad was 93, we played my son's wedding," Barbarich's son, Paul, who dabbles in accordion, told IndyStar. "Poor guy was so nervous, ...
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It doesn't matter if your favorite music is hard rock, there is just something about an accordion polka that sets the feet to tapping. Roy Ott, pastor at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Osage, has ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- To many Americans, the accordion brings to mind Lawrence Welk, polka music and lederhosen. And the thought of an accordion orchestra, like the one Joan (pronounced Jo-Anne) Sommers ...
It’s hard to say why the accordion brings a smile to someone’s face and gets the toe tapping. Maybe it’s the whimsical shape. Perhaps it’s the unique sound. Scott Goree, the executive director of the ...