The accordion was the first instrument Joan Grauman ever heard. As the daughter of Joseph Tacchetti, an Italian immigrant and an award-winning accordionist, Grauman was handed a musical legacy that ...

The accordion may be suffering a worldwide crisis of confidence and popularity, but its plight is especially severe in China. While other musical instruments have flourished over the past two decades, ...

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 ...

ORD — To Dahn Hagge, a festival of accordion music has deeper meaning than just the songs. “We believe that our heritage and our roots are what provides our uniqueness,” she said. “We want to ...

It’s hard to say why the accordion brings a smile to someone’s face and gets the toe tapping. Maybe it’s the whimsical shape. Perhaps it’s the unique sound. Scott Goree, the executive director of the ...

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 ...

Aaron Salinas, the 2014 Grand Prize Winner the conjunto category in the ¡Encore Pachanga! Accordion Music Festival presented by the Museum of Street Culture. (Photo by Marcy Garriott, courtesy of ...

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 ...

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 ...

There’s a photograph of John Castiglione, age 3, sitting on the stoop of his father’s Detroit store at Gratiot and Harper. The Castigliones started selling accordions there in 1935. The original store ...