In Pennsylvania, where I grew up, every wedding reception or activity featured a polka band. Most kids in the 1960s would rather be anywhere else than sitting with your parents and listening to this “uncool” music. Leap forward to the 1970s when Cajun and Zydeco music along with conjunto sounds became very popular many minds were changed and all of a sudden the accordion was cool. Since 1989, June has been designated as National Accordion Awareness Month and this week on the show, we'll explore many styles of accordion music. We’ll hear Charm City Junction, Flaco Jimenez, Sharon Shannon, John Kirkpatrick with Richard Thompson and many more. We’re squeezing bellows … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.Episode #19-26: Accordion AwarenessHost: Tom DruckenmillerArtist/”Song”/CD/LabelPete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian FolkwaysJeremiah McLane / “Gigue du Plateau” / Freetown / EpactTim & Mollie O'Brien / “Away Out On The Mountain” / Away Out On The Mountain / Sugar HillSam Kelly and the Lost Boys / “Angeline the Baker” / Pretty Peggy / NavigatorLou and Peter Berryman / “Walking with Roget” / The Universe in Examples / CornbeltCharm City Junction / “Jig for Annie-Fort Smith Breakdown” / Duckpin / Self ProducedTom Sullivan / “The Dreadnaught” / Classic Maritime Music / Smithsonian FolkwaysSnowflake Trio / “Butterfly-Gudmunddansen” / Sun Dogs / TA:LIKThe Red Clay Ramblers / “Cotton Eyed Joe” / Live / Self ProducedJeremiah McLane / “Lumley Beach” / Freetown / EpactFeufollet / “Cette Fois” / Two Universes / Feufollet RecordsSharon Shannon / “Bungee Jumpers” / Out the Gap / CompassJayme Stone / “Hallelujah / Jayme Stone's Folklife / BorealisFlaco & Max / “La Mucura” / Legends & Legacies / Smithsonian FolkwaysDaddy Squeeze & the Doctor / “Stone's Rag” / You Better Mind / Prairie DogRichard Thompson / “Tear Stained Letter” / Hand of Kindness / HannibalPete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways