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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Years ago, people went door to door recruiting kids to take accordion lessons and schools cropped up all over L.A. Through the years, though, almost all of them have closed down. But Dave’s Accordion ...

It's a warm night under a full moon on the west side of San Antonio. On this night, all the bands at the annual Tejano Conjunto Festival are paying tribute to Steve Jordan. From the door of an RV ...

Randy Falcon, the legendary Cajun instrument maker who patented the double accordion, died Saturday night from complications of Lou Gehrig's disease. He was 69. The Crowley native is best known for ...

They are as rare as precious gems in conjunto music. Female accordionists have never been easy to find at the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center's Tejano Conjunto Festival en San Antonio. This year is no ...

Calgary might be known for its sunny days, its cleanliness, and the Calgary Exhibition & Stampede, but if it were up to Antonio Peruch, Calgary would also be known as an accordion centre in the world.