EVERETT — Strap on this 25-pound musical breastplate, give it a squeeze, and you’re guaranteed to be the life of the party. Why sing the blues when you can play the accordion? With undertones of ...

As a child, Noé Álvarez “wandered the orchards under the spell of corridistas — musicians whose spitfire fingers flew over their three-row accordion keys,” he writes in his memoir, “Accordion Eulogies ...

Flaco Jiménez, the legendary accordion player who was perhaps the foremost ambassador for regional Tejano music in the 20th century, died at 86 on July 31st. According to a statement, Jiménez died ...

BEND, Ore. (AP) Pulling the bellows apart with a flourish, Terry Ranstad launched into a haunting melody, right hand pausing on the accordion keyboard in firm chords. It took a second to identify the ...

It’s hard to say why the accordion brings a smile to someone’s face and gets the toe tapping. Maybe it’s the whimsical shape. Perhaps it’s the unique sound. Scott Goree, the executive director of the ...

SHARON, Pa. (WKBN) — Sharon’s 155-year-old Apollo Maennerchor Club hosted the National Button Accordion Festival this weekend. The festival was held in California for 26 years, and for the past 17, it ...

Butler County Senior Services had two attractions on Friday, Jan. 5. The monthly Accordion Jam was playing and the crew of Pure Nebraska was there to tape a feature on the musicians and also get a ...

It’s hard to categorize Accordion Eulogies by Noé Álvarez in genre-stable terms. Wisps of memoir, musical theory, travelog, political treatise, and dirge combine to spawn a searing commentary on ...

Camaraderie and a shared love of the sometimes misunderstood instrument are what bond members of the Chicago Accordion Club. And they wouldn’t have it any other way. “Members of the Chicago Accordion ...

This 9-year-old club's nearly 400 members are working hard to maintain Milwaukee's historic accordion music heritage. Think of Milwaukee music and what comes to mind? Perhaps the Violent Femmes or ...