Those masters of pithy international ridicule–French diplomats and accordion players–are training their sarcastic tongues on U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert. I know this because we’ve talked with a ...

Of course Polish accordion player Lidia Kaminska gets this question a lot from Americans: "How about a polka?" Not a chance. Frankly, she's not interested. She's Bach, not "In Heaven There Is No Beer.

Stanley C. Mroz’s living room in Walker is filled with amplifiers, mixers, and all of the equipment needed to run a band. It would be easy to believe that Mroz, like any other local musician, is still ...

Today’s dose of reader response, in which accordion players, proud Frenchman Phillipe Ruminy and others refuse to give two figs for my thoughts. You shopped for salami and water, but you have no duct ...

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Kevin Solecki, a Grammy-nominated accordionist who owns Carnegie Accordion, sells his own brand of the instrument and plays some of the most renowned brands. Solecki also offers private lessons.

From old world to new shores / Helena Simonett -- Accordion jokes : a folklorist's view / Richard March -- From chanky-chank to Yankee chanks : the Cajun accordion as identity symbol / Mark F. DeWitt ...