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 ...

ORD — Accordion players can really shine whether in a group or as a single performer. “I think one of the most special things about the accordion is that it offers the opportunity for a one-man band,” ...

The master of the Tex-Mex accordion Leonardo "Flaco" Jimenez, whose tradition-drenched sound came to define conjunto or Tejano music of South Texas, has died. Throughout a career that spanned more ...

It’s 50 years old, but that thing is in amazing shape," he said. "I’ve been playing on it ever since. I made all our recordings with that accordion." ...

The arrival of the European button accordion to Texas and its merging with traditional Mexican songs gave birth to an explosive new sound called conjunto From the early pioneers to the new generation ...