NEW HAVEN - Southern Connecticut State University president Joe Bertolino decided in 2019 to resume accordion lessons so he could play for his aging parents, but little did he know how profound that ...

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,” ...

This week, finely honed competitors from around the globe descended on the Washington, D.C. area for the World Cup of accordion music. (Soundbite of accordion music) ELLIOTT: It's America's turn to ...

As the saying goes in the movie ‘ELF,’ the best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear. The Michigan ...

Daniel Radcliffe isn't going to let those accordion lessons go to waste. The Harry Potter actor learned to play the uniquely difficult instrument so he could portray Weird Al Yankovic in the wildly ...

Nick Ariondo wears his accordion on his sleeve. The composer-musician’s attitude is understandable. Although the accordion is given reverential status in much of world music, Americans tend to ...

The accordion playing of Flaco Jimenez, seen here performing during the 2014 Americana Music Association Honors and Awards Show at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tenn., came to define contujo and ...

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 ...

Judy Tenuta, the quirky comedian known for playing the accordion and for her colorful characters, died Thursday at her home in Studio City, California, of ovarian cancer, according to her publicist.

Jim Gilman is ready to rage. Playing to a crowd chomping on schnitzel and gulping down lagers in the dining room of Old World during the weekend of Karneval (the German equivalent of Mardi Gras) on a ...

Ott said playing without music allows the musician to concentrate on the music and the sound. "And it's a hassle dragging music around" Ott said with a grin. Accordion playing has been very ...