Antti Paalanen brings a combination of folk music and throat singing to the UMK stage for the first time with his song ...

Georgia Ann Kalinoski, 84, of Salem, WI, formerly of North Chicago, IL passed away peacefully on September 4, 2025 at Highland Park Hospital. Georgia was married to her late husband, Donald for 66 ...

The 34th annual Cotati Accordion Festival returned to La Plaza Park Saturday for the first of two days of live music on five stages that ranged from zydeco and jazz to rock, polka and cumbia.

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 ...

Fusing traditional Tejano sounds with blues, rock and country, he recorded with Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones and Ry Cooder. By Clay Risen Flaco Jiménez, a Grammy-winning singer, songwriter and ...

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RACINE — There was a time in America when playing accordion was akin to playing electric guitar today. And Frank Ricchio was masterful enough at the instrument that he developed a reputation ...

A North Eugene High School student crosses the stage with a beaming smile at the Leavenworth International Accordion Celebration. The accordion strapped across her torso is nearly half her size, but ...

Holshouser turned to accordion when a college pal gave him one as a gift. Martin Johnson reviews his latest album, then Terry Gross hosts Holshouser in the studio for conversation and some music. This ...

BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) - Accordions aren’t as popular as they once were, but one teacher at St. Mary’s Academy in Bismarck is bringing the instrument back. Josie Glatt spent the past few weeks giving ...

EVERETT — Strap on this 25-pound musical breastplate, give it a squeeze, and you’re guaranteed to be the life of the party. Why sing the blues when you can play the accordion? With undertones of ...

In seeking outlets for his devotion to music, Carl Worden for many years was a "road dog," playing as much as five or six nights a week in clubs and bars with a band. Though his passion for both ...