The 34th annual Cotati Accordion Festival returned to La Plaza Park Saturday for the first of two days of live music on five stages that ranged from zydeco and jazz to rock, polka and cumbia.

Chris Bogdon was in first grade in his native Carnegie when he started taking accordion lessons. Steve Novosel, while growing up in Murrysville, took up the instrument at 9 years old. Both were raised ...

Penn-Ohio Polka Pals will celebrate the release of its “2024 52nd Anniversary Edition” CD with a show Sunday at DiLucia’s Banquet Center. The 20-song CD features new recordings by members of the group ...

When you think of accordion, you think of European polka or folk music. Hanzhi Wang wants you to think of Bach and Piazzolla. On Sunday, Oct. 13, the China-born Wang brings her accordion to Leo Rich ...

The Thanksgiving Polka Weekend will celebrate its 60th anniversary Nov. 29-30 at the Holiday Inn Cleveland South. Led by the National Cleveland-Style Polka Hall of Fame, attendees can enjoy the finest ...

Tamara Funk and her friend Joan Steele danced together in a circle, hands clasped, stepping in three-quarter time to the tune of an accordion. "Polka is done in three-quarter time, and then you just ...

Pete Barbarich played his accordion until the day he died. "When my dad was 93, we played my son's wedding," Barbarich's son, Paul, who dabbles in accordion, told IndyStar. "Poor guy was so nervous, ...

EVELETH, Minn. — Picture a typical Catholic Mass. The tall cathedral, the wooden pews, and perhaps some music on an organ. At any point did you picture an accordion? If yes, there's a good chance ...

The 59th annual Thanksgiving Polka Weekend, presented by the National Cleveland-Style Polka Hall of Fame, will take place Nov. 24 and 25 and will again feature a festival of music and dancing. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Steve Meisner plays one of his accordions that was made in the 1970s in his Whitewater home in 2003. Steve Meisner, one 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 ...

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 ...