“A gentleman is someone who can play the accordion, but doesn't.” Whether or not you agree with Tom Waits on this point, the box-shaped musical instrument invented in Vienna has become such an ...

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 ...

To American listeners, the music of Jacques Brel, Charles Aznavour, Edith Piaf and Michel Legrand epitomizes everything exquisite and poetic about French culture. But to a musician who was born and ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This accordion was made by an unknown ...

French Accordion virtuoso Richard Galliano and Wynton Marsalis' Quintet came together at the Jazz at Marciac Festival to celebrate songs popularised by their respective countries' chanteuses, Edith ...