Houston, the accordion concertos have landed. Look at the pedigree of serious orchestra works written for the instrument, and you’ll notice most have been performed more frequently in Europe — long ...

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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 ...

Known to many throughout Europe as "the accordion man" – Ken Hopkins from County Down dedicated decades of his life to collecting and restoring the instruments. At the time of his death last year, he ...

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 ...

He elevated his instrument’s often-maligned reputation with deft musicianship, and by writing and commissioning a wide range of music. By Richard Sandomir Guy Klucevsek, a masterly accordion player ...

The news that Maugein, the last accordion manufacturer in France, will cease doing business, raises the question of whether the “box of sobs,” as the French call it, is more Gallic or Jewish in its ...

And we’re back! Just a few months after the 2023 Emmy Awards were held after a strike-related delay comes the 2024 Emmy Awards and a full weekend dedicated to the Creative Arts Emmys on September 7 ...

A shop in south-east London that has been selling and repairing accordions for almost half a century will close later this year. Emilio Allodi runs Allodi Accordions Ltd on Lee High Road, Lewisham - ...

Still, Kansas City has a rich accordion history thanks to Joan Cochran Sommers, an icon who is still conducting, teaching and playing the accordion. In Joan Cochran Sommers’ day, accordion salesmen ...