Some in the audience remembered him playing at their weddings. He also encouraged and supported young players.

It was like a spaceship...I wanted to press all the buttons,’ Théo Ould, 27, recalled of his first encounter with the ...

The Ben Rosenblum Trio joins jazz vocalist Laura Anglade for a Dec. 4 candlelight concert presented in collaboration with the ...

It’s the morning after a concert in Dundee and a long late-night drive back to her family in West Kilbride, but Nicola Benedetti seems energised by more than caffeine and adrenaline. The ...

James “Bau” Graves was the executive director of Chicago’s Old Town School of Folk Music for more than 11 years, steering the venerable institution in the North Side Lincoln Square neighborhood ...

A musical family history inspired Helmi Harrington to create Superior's accordion museum. Helmi Harrington's mother survived World War II by entertaining troops with accordion music and taught ...

HOUSTON -- Flaco Jimenez, the legendary accordionist from San Antonio who won multiple Grammys and helped expand the popularity of conjunto, Tejano and Tex-Mex music, died Thursday. He was 86. Jimenez ...

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 ...

The late Ken Hopkins amassed a huge private collection of his beloved instruments Known to many throughout Europe as "the accordion man" – Ken Hopkins from County Down dedicated decades of his life to ...

Fastest climbing musical instrument in popular favor, according to trade statistics, is the piano accordion. Last year piano accordion sales took second place only to piano sales, accounted for ...

The accordion has often been a misunderstood and sometimes maligned instrument. However, its roots in folk culture go back centuries. Accordions are now played around the world, not only in cafes and ...