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The accordion was the first instrument Joan Grauman ever heard. As the daughter of Joseph Tacchetti, an Italian immigrant and an award-winning accordionist, Grauman was handed a musical legacy that ...

Relocating to town for the first time this year, the Accordion Festival returns renewed this summer. Held between June 5 and 7, the festival’s concerts, workshops, exhibitions and actions will extend ...

More than 70 percent of Italy's gross domestic product comes from small businesses — and they're not growing. Economists are worried this will make it impossible for Italy to climb out of its massive ...