Alvaro Del Norte, an accordionist and singer for San Antonio’s Piñata Protest, was raised on Mexican music. And, because he was constantly surrounded by it, he hated it. But as he grew up and moved ...

The accordion is gaining worldwide popularity. Germany has declared it the instrument of the year for 2026. This all-rounder ...

Accordionist "Weird Al" Yankovic this week put a Houston date on his upcoming tour: He'll play July 14 at the Alice and George Brown Theater. That tour is part of the parodist's surprise resurgence: ...

This Friday night, Professor Louie & The Crowmatix will play Chan's in Woonsocket, and music lovers will hear rock 'n' roll performed on an instrument that all but disappeared from the stage 50 years ...

The small city of Valledupar is famous as the birthplace of vallenato, an upbeat accordion-driven folk music that plays constantly in streets, shops, buses and restaurants across northern Colombia and ...

Go check out squeezebox sounds from across the world at SA’s International Accordion Festival this weekend. Like the instrument itself, the International Accordion Festival is one of the most unique ...

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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 ...

I think that was the first time I played music for people to dance to.” His most unusual gig was the center of a boxing ring, where he played between bouts. The birth of rock ‘n’ roll tempted him to ...

Once a month on a Tuesday night, the basement at Monroe's Turner Hall fills. Fans of all things Swiss devour Schublig sausages, potatoes with melted Raclette cheese, Hasli-filee pork medallions, ...

CASTLE ROCK — Rita Bryant was nervous when she first pulled out her accordion for a class of Castle Rock third graders in 1968. But after that first song she never looked back. “I was shy and ...