SAN ANTONIO – The familiar sound of the time-honored accordion can still be heard at Lerma’s, the iconic former West Side nightclub that became an historic landmark. Part of the building is now a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

When it comes to Texas music, the guitar gets all the attention, thanks to a long line of six-string immortals such as T-Bone Walker, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Gary Clark Jr. But frankly, the instrument ...

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 ...

Alex Meixner is a Grammy-nominated musician and advocate...for polka music. Though he plays multiple instruments, including trumpet and drums, he's best known as an accomplished accordion player. He ...

Camaraderie and a shared love of the sometimes misunderstood instrument are what bond members of the Chicago Accordion Club. And they wouldn’t have it any other way. “Members of the Chicago Accordion ...

‘Madvillainy’ is Madlib and MF DOOM’s legendary collaborative LP, released in 2004 via Stones Throw Records. The album has had a long-lasting impact on hip-hop and music in general, with DOOM’s lyrics ...

Valerie Sassyfras is throwing herself a 71st birthday party on July 3 and you are invited. Expect solo accordion and mandolin music, psychedelic video projections and a translucent scrim, behind which ...