accordion

Nearby, a woman with timeless preschool-teacher energy played the accordion for a ring of toddlers as shoppers crowded around nearly white ears of sweet corn.

From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026

She said he was loved by friends, talented in music and sport, having played the fiddle, accordion and enjoyed judo, chess and sea scouts.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

Before long the dining room had red leather booths, a seaside mural on the wall, a bar in back and sometimes a wandering accordion player.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026

Spring is the ideal time for lunch or sunset dinner: Staff open the glass accordion windows when the temperature hovers between 50 and 80 degrees.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026

There was one on an accordion, another on a fiddle, and a third was miscellaneous on maracas and triangle and drums when needed.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

“Of course we used accordions to help us,” said Jerónimo Contreras, 42, a businessman who was accompanying his elderly parents at a polling site.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2025

Suddenly, the song that was a hit in the mid- to late aughts has become a norteña, a ballad from a regional Mexican genre that relies heavily on accordions and other acoustic instruments.

From New York Times ● Nov. 9, 2023

On TV, we had the White Heather Club - women in white frocks and tartan sashes dancing impossibly complicated reels and strathspeys; men in kilts playing accordions and singing kitsch songs about exile and nostalgia.

From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2023

In the restaurant’s airspace hangs a swirling flock of accordions with their squeezeboxes fanned out, pretty abstractions listening to the unobtrusive soundtrack of techno-lite.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 16, 2023

The accordions sound ridiculously joyful, even when the songs are about death.

From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez