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Buzzing slabs of distorted guitar collide with piano, accordion and harmonica, filling all available sonic space.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 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

This Fourth of July, I will be thinking about the iconic photograph of Chief Petty Officer Graham Jackson watching President Franklin Roosevelt’s funeral procession, tears streaming down his face as he plays the accordion.

From Salon ● Jun. 30, 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

He added a plastic accordion door to each space and created a little common play area in front where we could keep our toys and books.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

There are two kinds of accordions — one with piano keys and one with buttons — but they have similar effects.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2024

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

Most accordionists who play Mexican music use button instruments called diatonic accordions, which produce different notes when the bellows are pushed and pulled.

From Seattle Times ● May 20, 2022

Her long, tragic sigh was like the final wheezing note played on the last accordion in all the world, moments before accordions became extinct.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood