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 ...

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 ...

It’s not every day that you get to see a woman playing the button accordion in the Conjunto or Tejano style of music. In Texas, there was Eva Ybarra starting in the ’70s, and from California, Chavela ...

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 ...

When Billy McComiskey received a call from Sen. Ben Cardin’s office earlier this year, the 64-year-old Parkville resident grabbed his checkbook, ready to donate $20 to the senator’s campaign. Instead ...