May 29—SHARON — Gazing into each other's eyes, Stan Jenavic, 86, and his wife Carol, 83, twirl together on the Apollo Maennerchor Club's dance floor and in unison leap with one leg. "That's a dance ...

When it came to showcasing his accordion chops for the judges, Ruben Moreno decided to stick with the classics. He picked out a zydeco favorite by the late legend Boozoo Chavis and a Creole number to ...

The Accordion Club of Natrona Heights might need to change its name. These guys and gals aren’t just sitting around playing old-timey polkas — they can really jam. “We like to get together and kind of ...

What do Bruce Springsteen, Sheryl Crow, John Lennon, Madonna, Al Yankovic, Lawrence Welk and the United States Air Force Strings have in common? All have played the accordion in concerts or recordings ...

About 10 years ago, Peter Schmitz tuned in to the area affiliate of National Public Radio for some peaceful Celtic background music and was transported to the past. The familiar wheeze of an accordion ...

The accordion is the Rodney Dangerfield of instruments. It don’t get no respect. It’s dismissed as a fixture of polka bands, yet most people don’t realize how in the hands of a capable player, the ...

Pound for pound is an old term used in boxing. It often refers to a fighter who may not be the biggest, tallest, fastest and strongest. But judging his overall skills and abilities, he is the best ...

On Summer Saturdays for more than 40 years at the SAC Park in Shrewsbury, accordion enthusiasts would come to hear Nils Lundin play polkas, waltzes and foxtrots. Lundin’s love for the accordion drove ...

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 ...

SEQUIM — Gary Blair — an internationally known professional accordion player from Glasgow, Scotland — is set to perform Wednesday during the Sequim Accordion Social. The social will be from 7 p.m. to ...