An Accordion Story: Squeeze This!

Soundcheck | Mar 19, 2012

The accordion is the Rodney Dangerfield of musical instruments – it gets no respect. Today: the rise… fall…and scrappy comeback of the squeezebox. Plus: Daniel Rossen of the band Grizzly Bear plays songs from his debut solo EP.

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