Tom Cordoni has a theory about why people are attracted to accordion music. “What sets it apart from other instruments? It’s got humor and will make you smile. When people hear it they’re ready for ...

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 ...

Camaraderie and a shared love of the sometimes misunderstood instrument are what bond members of the Chicago Accordion Club. And they wouldn’t have it any other way. “Members of the Chicago Accordion ...

Latvian-born accordionist Ksenija Sidorova introduces her wonderful instrument and its colourful history. Close your eyes, and picture someone playing the accordion. If the first image that pops into ...

SEQUIM — A group of musicians was swaying to the bellows of its own tunes. The accordion social drew on Sunday about 50 enthusiasts of seasoned players and those just learning the instrument. The ...

In the local lore, it has become known as the Night of the Accordions, a memorable Friday evening last June when Tom Torriglia led his band of a dozen accordion players on a series of daring raids ...

Among free-reed instruments with bellows, the accordion was developed in the early 1800s alongside others like the concertina, bandoneon, and harmonium. Google Doodle celebrated the ‘accordion’ on ...

When Tom Torriglia campaigned at City Hall to make the accordion the official instrument of San Francisco, it's not as if he expected protesters to show up waving piccolos. "Actually, they brought ...

The accordion is having its best week ever: Not only is the accordion the official instrument of San Francisco, the Accordion Festival is going on today at the Cannery, and June is National Accordion ...