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accordion

[uh-kawr-dee-uhn] / əˈkɔr di ən /


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They kicked off their hourlong set with their 2024 track “Dios Por Delante,” which opens with a roaring accordion solo, followed by a message to live a better life than the one you inherited.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026

Rocco Commisso didn’t speak English when he arrived in the U.S., but he did play the accordion, a skill that he parlayed into an education.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

In one experiment, Adrian North and his colleagues at Leicester University alternated the music in a supermarket between French accordion and German oompah tunes.

From BBC • Jan. 28, 2026

On “Jaundice,” a stomping upbeat jig with accordion and saxophone reflecting Mr. Ellis’s interest in older folk forms, each drum hit bursts out of the speakers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 2, 2025

The first one was a drawing of a accordion and told about a band named “H. E. Callowski and the Wonderful Warblers of Warsaw,” who were the “Masters of the Polka.”

From "Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher Paul Curtis