“A gentleman is someone who can play the accordion, but doesn't.” Whether or not you agree with Tom Waits on this point, the box-shaped musical instrument invented in Vienna has become such an ...

Today’s dose of reader response, in which accordion players, proud Frenchman Phillipe Ruminy and others refuse to give two figs for my thoughts. You shopped for salami and water, but you have no duct ...

To American listeners, the music of Jacques Brel, Charles Aznavour, Edith Piaf and Michel Legrand epitomizes everything exquisite and poetic about French culture. But to a musician who was born and ...

Chamber Music Winter Festival — Leo Rich Theatre, 260 S. Church Ave. 3-5 p.m. March 10; 7:30-9:30 p.m. March 8. $30. 577-3769. arizonachambermusic.org. Douglas ...

John Oliver is begging French voters to pay attention. And he's willing to speak in French, put his show in black and white and employ an accordion player to do so. The Last Week Tonight host devoted ...