Pittsburgh City Paper: "There was a time when Steve Pellegrino didn't play accordion. But you have to go back a ways -- some 50 years, to before Pellegrino took his first lesson, at about age 7. Shouldering an accordion wasn't the act of eccentricity it might be today: In the Mon Valley coal town of New Eagle, accordions were ubiquitous, a fixture at weddings for popular numbers and ethnic tunes alike.
Sunday, May 01, 2011
Performance artist Steve Pellegrino explores his working-class ethnic routes through the accordion.
Pittsburgh City Paper: "There was a time when Steve Pellegrino didn't play accordion. But you have to go back a ways -- some 50 years, to before Pellegrino took his first lesson, at about age 7. Shouldering an accordion wasn't the act of eccentricity it might be today: In the Mon Valley coal town of New Eagle, accordions were ubiquitous, a fixture at weddings for popular numbers and ethnic tunes alike.
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