Toe-tapping music and happy melodies keep members of the Central Wisconsin Concertina Club on the move. Local band leader Dan Gruetzmacher started the Concertina Club in 1971, and the group has grown ...
There are perhaps only five true concertina makers in the world, William Wakker says. His not only is made in America, as of Tuesday it’s truly American-made. Wakker, a Dutch classical musician-turned ...
The interesting character Charles Wheatstone, he was the inventor of the electric telegraph. And he invented the concertina. This instrument, according to the catalogue price list, was $320 in the mid ...
SUNDERLAND—The concertinas on the shelves in the show room at The Button Box in Sunderland are more than musical instruments, they are works of art. Though they can be made in a variety of ...
One of trad music's finest concertina players has resisted recording his music for 17 years. He talks to Brian O'Connell about his new album There has always been a certain resistance among sections ...
When Dan Worrall stumbled upon a family link to the concertina, he went on a journey that led to him writing an Irish history… When Dan Worrall stumbled upon a family link to the concertina, he went ...