The old squeeze box know as the accordion is not known for being a hip instrument but in today's On the Road in Texas I met two young maestros' of the accordion that are on a mission to make the ...

The accordion was the first instrument Joan Grauman ever heard. As the daughter of Joseph Tacchetti, an Italian immigrant and an award-winning accordionist, Grauman was handed a musical legacy that ...

Rachel Kron, 8, performs on the accordion at a youth competition March 8 during the National Accordion Association Convention in Plano. Kron, one of Elena Fainshtein’s piano students, transitioned to ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Musician Jeff Grosser will play accordion at the Oasis of Music beginning at ...

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What comes to mind when you hear accordion music? If you think Myron Floren and “Roll Out the Barrel,” then Joe Jenkins is out to change your mind. Accordion Joe, as he prefers to be called, wants you ...

On its own merit, the accordion is a curious combination of sound creation: the platypus, the Frankenstein monster of musical instruments. On its right side lie a couple octaves grafted from the piano ...

A musical family history inspired Helmi Harrington to create Superior's accordion museum. Helmi Harrington's mother survived World War II by entertaining troops with accordion music and taught ...

Humorist Brian Unger visits the studio of a Los Angeles accordion teacher, and learns that this oft-maligned instrument has been the key to some surprising romantic success for the few who master it.

Nick Ariondo wears his accordion on his sleeve. The composer-musician’s attitude is understandable. Although the accordion is given reverential status in much of world music, Americans tend to ...

Mardell Tinkey of Coralville broke my heart last week when she said the Beatles killed accordion music. “Well, I guess you could say rock and roll and the Beatles,” she added with a grin, noting my ...