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accordion

[uh-kawr-dee-uhn] / əˈkɔr di ən /


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There’s “White Hot Coal,” a pensive, acoustic folk rocker with violins as the ghost of an accordion.

From Salon Jun. 5, 2026

Wilson believes that Snow Secure—the high-tech insulated polystyrene blanket that unfolds like an accordion, then drapes over a pile of snow—is just the invention.

From Slate Apr. 11, 2026

Mr. Hedges invents a lilting melody for “Pinto,” a lyric that had been collected by Lomax, and has honored accordion player Josh Baca take the lead on the Mexican-tinged sound.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 2, 2026

The dynamic singer delivered every lyric with his whole body as he frenetically tapped the buttons of his brightly colored accordion, doing his best to make the squeezebox sound like an electric guitar.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 25, 2026

“I’m only laughing because—well, I think I’m the accordion too,” she says.

From "Hurricane Child" by Kheryn Callender

“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

It relies not on computers but on hand-played, largely acoustic instruments: guitars, accordions, brasses, reeds.

From New York Times Jun. 22, 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

For example: Did you know concert accordions can contain up to 7,000 parts?

From Seattle Times May 20, 2022

Street performers played accordions and walked low tightropes.

From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart



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