This weeks Acadiana Music Spotlight features Walter Mouton. Walter Mouton had his band, Walter Mouton & the Scott Playboys, for 58 years. In this edition of the Acadiana Music Spotlight, Mr. Mouton ...

Walter Kuehr made his own name by making a name for what he called "the hippest instrument on the planet": the accordion. He died earlier this month at age 59. Walter Kuehr was known as the accordion ...

Walter A. Szwajda, of Cheektowaga, a World War II veteran, musician and music store owner, died Saturday in Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Buffalo. He was 88. Born in Buffalo, Mr. Szwajda served ...

As a child, Noé Álvarez “wandered the orchards under the spell of corridistas — musicians whose spitfire fingers flew over their three-row accordion keys,” he writes in his memoir, “Accordion Eulogies ...

No Rochester event would be complete without The Famous Accordion Player, Walter Palmer. Friday evening his music could be heard at the Jazz Fest as he added his unique musical ability to the mix. Mr.

Walter Kuehr was known as the accordion guru of Manhattan's Lower East Side. He was a performer, bandleader and shopkeeper and devoted his life to accordions and accordion music. Mr. Kuehr died last ...