Jeremiah McLane was one of Vermont’s best-known accordionists and traditional musicians. Then Annemieke Spoelstra was one of the state’s finest concert pianists. “We were musically introduced by a ...

Will Holshouser was given an old accordion when he was young and impressionable and was soon bewitched by its charms. Since then, he has become one of the busiest, most versatile accordionists in the ...

You probably won’t see many teenagers playing accordion, but a young Grand Forks musician is eager to share his passion for the less-than-popular instrument. Central High School senior Lane Lindseth’s ...

At 90 years old, Cochran Sommers is still performing, conducting, and teaching the next generation of accordion players in Kansas City. She says it’s one way she stays hopeful and strong. “You're ...

When polka music made its mainstream debut in the Midwest in the mid-20th century, it was a hit among young crowds. Today, those crowds and accordion players at polka events (like those hosted ...

The news that Maugein, the last accordion manufacturer in France, will cease doing business, raises the question of whether the “box of sobs,” as the French call it, is more Gallic or Jewish in its ...

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 ...