Think of Italy, and you think of food, wine, cheese, and football. For Mario Stefano Pietrodarchi, music is added to the list. Growing up in Atessa, in Southeastern Italy, it was part of the family.

Program notes ([2] p.) inserted in container. Recording separated into three sections: balalaika, accordion, domra. 101. Concerto for Balalaika: Molto Moderato / Mikhail Rozhkov, balalaika. State ...

In the accordion's halcyon days in the United States, which lasted most of the first half of the 20th century, a schoolboy couldn't walk through North Beach without hearing the sweet and sometimes ...

Remi Coonce, 2, and her cousin Cora Bahler, 6, dance to recorded Italian folk music Saturday in front of the main music stage at the festival as musicians prepare to perform. Musical guests are ...