Go Ahead, Obsess! By Eric Maisel, Ph.D., Ann Maisel, and Carlin Flora http://www.psychologytoday.com Walter Kühr: Conducting a Dream When his mother bought him an accordion in the suburbs of Frankfurt, Germany, 12-year-old Walter Kühr fell in love with the unwieldy jumble of shiny buttons and keys. He came to the[…]
Squeeze Play: Accordion Orchestra Takes on Bach, Queen By Larry Getlen May 13, 2007 — It may give one pause to hear a middle-age man recall a dream in which 18 young women cavort around in pigtails. But the subconscious mind of Walter Kuehr added an element that transformed it[…]
2005 Best of NYC Listing The Main Squeeze Orchestra is a New York City-based, dozen-plus, all-girl accordion troupe that overflows the scales of feminine virtue in the name of song. More sugar cube than vegan icing, they do cabaret and camp along with all the bellows’ best, while dressed, coiffed,[…]
Let’s Lay to Rest Accordion Geekiness My friends, it is time to unburden yourselves of your secret. The one you’ve been harboring for years, hot-faced with shame. Admit it: You love the accordion. Oh how its chords stab straight to your heart! How it makes you pine for the old[…]
A Squeeze Box Philharmonic By Kelly Alexander WALTER KUHR is a man who followed his dream, literally. In March 2002, Mr. Kuhr, a native of Frankfurt who is an accomplished accordion player and the founder of the Main Squeeze, an 8-year-old accordion emporium on the Lower East Side of Manhattan,[…]