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 ...

Did you know that the English concertina, that hand-pumped bellows instrument favored by sailors both legitimate and piratical in the Age of Sail, was invented by none other than [Sir Charles ...

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 ...

Thanks to a Canadian, an old instrument is making a comeback in popularity. Well over a century ago, the concertina, more commonly known as a “squeeze-box” was a widely popular instrument, but over ...

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 ...