Musician and accordion designer Gilberto Reyes met us at the door of Hohner’s national headquarters then located in historic Glen Allen, Virginia. He and I had many mutual friends but had never met in ...

Watching Flaco Jimenez play his button accordion is like looking back in time. His grandfather started playing an accordion in cantinas and family parties along the Texas/Mexican border around the ...

FAIRFIELD — As a boy growing up in a small town in County Clare, Ireland, Damien Connolly was exposed to traditional Irish music at an early age. But he was not immediately drawn to the sound. “My ...

With a little planning, ethnic-music fans can catch two popular shows in one day in Euclid. On April 11, the Duquesne University Tamburitzans, and its energetic song and dance troupe, will perform at ...

SUNDERLAND—The concertinas on the shelves in the show room at The Button Box in Sunderland are more than musical instruments, they are works of art. Though they can be made in a variety of ...

Apr. 23—SHARON — Hold your schnitzel — The Annual National Button Accordion Festival has made Sharon its regular home. "There's no place we'd rather be," said Ron Pivovar, a local accordion player and ...

To an outsider, the scene is incredible: In the cramped living room of a first-floor apartment on scruffy East 14th Street in San Leandro, music blares and nobody complains. Los Trujillo is rehearsing ...

Finland’s Maria Kalaniemi has been called “the queen of the accordion.” There are, of course, many who would have difficulty assigning any regal aspects to an instrument more often ridiculed than ...

Across the street from a wine lounge and a gourmet sausage spot on Glendale Boulevard in Atwater Village, a small red-and-white neon sign reads: "DAVE'S ACCORDION SCHOOL." Inside, black and tan cases ...

FAIRFIELD — As a boy growing up in a small town in County Clare, Ireland, Damien Connolly was exposed to traditional Irish music at an early age. For more information on the Connollys, visit ...