What innovations have been tried with the musical accordion?

The list is incredibly extensive if you consider every band everywhere playing every kind of accordion (there are many!) since the invention of the accordion in the 19th century. read more

Up until the 1930s, the music was considered immoral. Its more descriptive and colorful name, perico ripiao (literally "ripped parrot" in Spanish) is said to have been the name of a house of ill repute in Santiago where the music was played. Moralists tried to ban the music and the provocative dance that accompanied it, but with little success. read more