Young accordion players in the zydeco and conjunto traditions competed in two regional showcases of The Big Squeeze Accordion Contest held by Texas Folklife in Houston this weekend, Feb. 17-18, 2018.

Cody McSherry picked up the accordion about six years ago and loved it from the start. He plays both button-box and piano accordions and has performed at the Reading Liederkranz, Valentino’s ...

Daniel Weber of Altoona plays his accordion “at 10 places a month” for nursing home residents in addition to holding down a full-time job as a service engineer at Blair Sign Co. “It makes them happy,” ...

GREENWOOD VILLAGE (CBS4) – More than 100 passionate accordionists are gathering in Colorado to celebrate the 79th annual Accordion Festival. The festival is hosted by the Accordionists & Teachers ...

The squeeze was on in Costa Mesa on Sunday, which was a good thing for fans of accordion music, who got a big helping of it during the seventh annual Orange County Accordion Festival at the Orange ...

When I heard about the Seattle Accordion Social, a monthly meetup on Beacon Hill for accordionists and accordion appreciators, I called the event’s co-director, John Giuliani, 71, on his landline (he ...

Accordionist player Josephat Barnabas Wanzala during an interview at Lutonyi area in Kakamega town on March 10, 2022. [Benjamin Sakwa, Standard] The melodious sound of an accordion playing welcomes ...