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 ...

The Slovenian Society Home in Euclid will become the “Woodstock of Polka Music” when the 38th annual Super Button Box Bash takes place April 24. Sixty accordions will take the stage throughout the day ...

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 ...

Across the street from a wine lounge and a gourmet sausage spot on Glendale Boulevard in Atwater Village, a small red-and-white neon sign reads: "DAVE'S ACCORDION SCHOOL." Inside, black and tan cases ...

May 24—SHARON — Dave Bey nailed a song on the button — the button accordion, that is. "Sounded good," a fellow accordion enthusiast hollered to Bey, a Kernersville, N.C., resident. Others at the ...

Many people have touched at the elementary school music time etcaccordionAre roughly divided into two types, "piano style accordion" equipped with the same keyboard as the piano type and "button type ...

To understand the heart and soul of the rich musical tradition of Newfoundland and Labrador, it’s always going to be a bit of a squeeze. The button accordion, with its either one row of buttons or two ...

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 ...

To an outsider, the scene is incredible: In the cramped living room of a first-floor apartment on scruffy East 14th Street in San Leandro, music blares and nobody complains. Los Trujillo is rehearsing ...

This 9-year-old club's nearly 400 members are working hard to maintain Milwaukee's historic accordion music heritage. Think of Milwaukee music and what comes to mind? Perhaps the Violent Femmes or ...

Hundreds of musicians hoisted their accordions in the St. John's air Saturday to celebrate the setting of an unusual record: the greatest number of people to play accordions simultaneously. Accordion ...