Five-year-old Lily and 3-year-old Aubrii Sanchez of Eureka got to find out how the accordion works on April 29 on Eureka’s Boardwalk, where Guy Smith plays Old World dance songs on his 120 bass piano ...

Back in the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s, Los Angeles had a well-established accordion ecosystem. Door-to-door salesmen recruited students for lessons, dozens of schools sustained them and an annual ...

Save your jokes about the "stomach Steinway." Pete Sacchi is not amused. After 54 years of teaching accordion lessons, he still bristles a bit when the instrument is maligned. "More people than not ...

This week’s guest on Viva Tejano, Eva Ybarra, is a luminary in conjunto music, a self-taught multi-instrumentalist who’s been playing the accordion for seven decades. For all her talent, though, she’s ...

This week’s guest on Viva Tejano, Eva Ybarra, is a luminary in conjunto music, a self-taught multi-instrumentalist who’s been playing the accordion for seven decades. For all her talent, though, she’s ...

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 ...