Flaco Jiménez, the legendary accordion player who was perhaps the foremost ambassador for regional Tejano music in the 20th century, died at 86 on July 31st. According to a statement, Jiménez died ...

SAN ANTONIO – A local 8-year-old boy is proving the future of Conjunto Tejano music is bright after showing off his skills on a big stage alongside the García Brothers. Hector Llamas had his time to ...

You probably won’t see many teenagers playing accordion, but a young Grand Forks musician is eager to share his passion for the less-than-popular instrument. Central High School senior Lane Lindseth’s ...

One Chinese legend says the accordion is as old as music itself, that around 3,000 B.C., Emperor Huang Ti sent a scholar into the Western mountains charged with reproducing the song of the phoenix.

In the accordion's halcyon days in the United States, which lasted most of the first half of the 20th century, a schoolboy couldn't walk through North Beach without hearing the sweet and sometimes ...

PRINCETON, N.J.—Don’t tell Cody McSherry that the accordion is an instrument more suited to his grandparents’ generation. The 14-year-old budding master of the squeezebox says he has too many gigs ...

At 90 years old, Cochran Sommers is still performing, conducting, and teaching the next generation of accordion players in Kansas City. She says it’s one way she stays hopeful and strong. “You're ...

Jamey Bearb grew up with strict accordion rules. His dad, Cajun musician Ricky Bearb, demanded the accordion, handmade by pioneer builder Marc Savoy, sit a precise position in its storage box. Even ...