Kevin Solecki, a Grammy-nominated accordionist who owns Carnegie Accordion, sells his own brand of the instrument and plays some of the most renowned brands. Solecki also offers private lessons.

DULUTH — This past February, celebrated accordion player Florian Chmielewski played his own 97th birthday party at the Cloquet VFW — and even tacked on a few more gigs after that in nearby Cromwell, ...

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 ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Antonio Romero had waited all night in a packed arena here for the band to play his favorite song, a brassy, sultry cumbia he had danced to as a teenager in Mexico City. It had been ...

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 ...

MASERU, Lesotho — Puseletso Seema is musical royalty in the tiny African mountain kingdom of Lesotho, where she's known as "the Queen of Famo" -– a popular genre of pastoral accordion music beloved by ...

San Antonio: Eva Ybarra, the Accordion Queen, poses for a portrait. After years without broad recognition, she is finally getting her due. Credit: Texas Observer / Ivan Armando Flores Eva Ybarra plays ...