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41 Essential Pop/Rock Songs with Accordion
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41 Essential Pop/Rock Songs with Accordion

By
David Pike
/ 26 May 2022

No popular musical instrument has been more frequently maligned than the accordion. Despite gaining hipster cred in the 1990s, its role in pop remains underappreciated.

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The Mekons and Robbie Fulks: Jura
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The Mekons and Robbie Fulks: Jura

By
John Paul
/ 9 December 2015
Members of the Mekons team up with iconoclastic songwriter Robbie Fulks for a collection of their own brilliant take on modern day sea shanties and British folk.
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Andre Williams & The Sadies: Night & Day

By
Henry Adam Svec
/ 15 May 2012
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Various Artists: The Total Groovy

By
PopMatters Staff
/ 5 February 2012
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A Love That Costs a Little More – Remembering the Early Mekons

By
Mike Deane
/ 23 January 2009
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Where Were You? – Remembering the Early Mekons

By
Mike Deane
/ 22 January 2009
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KatJonBand: KatJonBand

By
Jennifer Kelly
/ 14 October 2008
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The Mekons: Natural

By
Jennifer Kelly
/ 22 August 2007
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The Mekons: Punk Rock

By
PopMatters Staff
/ 9 February 2004

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