Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. For Darwin performer Angus Robson, it’s a big old red old Italian piano accordion that weighs a good 15 ...

THE young lad who fell in love with piano accordions in the 1930s is still in love. His 85-year-old hands ply the keyboard and buttons, turning puffs of air into an Argentine tango. Ron Pearce sits in ...

A conservatory graduate in piano and accordion, Paolo Campanari-Brancondi visited our studios to perform with his instrument and tell us his story. A native of Loreto (Marche), Paolo has been in ...

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 ...

In the accordion's halcyon days in the United States, which lasted most of the first half of the 20th century, a schoolboy couldn't walk through North Beach without hearing the sweet and sometimes ...