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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
Germans who settled in Texas and northern Mexico in the 1850s brought infectiously danceable polkas played on button accordions — and helped birth regional Tex-Mex styles.
From Seattle Times ● May 20, 2022
The accordions sound ridiculously joyful, even when the songs are about death.
From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez
