http://kunc.org en http://kunc.org/post/italys-accordion-industry-tiny-and-thriving More than 70 percent of Italy's gross domestic product comes from small businesses — and they're not growing. Economists are worried this will make it impossible for Italy to climb out of its massive $2.6 trillion debt.<p>Even in a global economy, something as small as Italy's accordion industry can have an impact. Mon, 09 Jan 2012 05:01:00 +0000 Christopher Livesay 20453 at http://kunc.org Italy's Accordion Industry: Tiny And Thriving http://kunc.org/post/gogol-bordello-tiny-desk-concert If you watch this video and don't get to the part where Eugene Hutz is dancing on the desks, then you've missed the most rollicking and insane Tiny Desk Concert of all time.<p>I've seen <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15131143">Gogol Bordello</a> at a nightclub, and its live show is a gypsy punk circus, complete with a high-wire act. So when the band arrived at the modest NPR Music offices, I wanted to make sure we were covered technically; I figured they'd move around and wind up singing far away from our microphones. Mon, 28 Jun 2010 16:00:00 +0000 Bob Boilen 22312 at http://kunc.org Gogol Bordello: Tiny Desk Concert