Musician and accordion designer Gilberto Reyes met us at the door of Hohner’s national headquarters then located in historic Glen Allen, Virginia. He and I had many mutual friends but had never met in ...

To understand the heart and soul of the rich musical tradition of Newfoundland and Labrador, it’s always going to be a bit of a squeeze. The button accordion, with its either one row of buttons or two ...

Printmaker Baylee Pearson carves a new design into linoleum during a recent arts event. On a clear, warm day in Haines last ...

SUNDERLAND—The concertinas on the shelves in the show room at The Button Box in Sunderland are more than musical instruments, they are works of art. Though they can be made in a variety of ...

Hundreds of musicians hoisted their accordions in the St. John's air Saturday to celebrate the setting of an unusual record: the greatest number of people to play accordions simultaneously. Accordion ...

After three or four hours of tuning accordions in his wood shop, Andre Michot says, his back starts to hurt. The work adds another callus to his knees, where he holds the squeezebox and pumps the ...

There’s a photograph of John Castiglione, age 3, sitting on the stoop of his father’s Detroit store at Gratiot and Harper. The Castigliones started selling accordions there in 1935. The original store ...

Marion and Wilf Hunt enjoy playing the accordion together. The couple has been married for 47 years and still pick up a gig or two where they can. (Submitted ) Finding common ground with your partner ...

EVERETT — Strap on this 25-pound musical breastplate, give it a squeeze, and you’re guaranteed to be the life of the party. Why sing the blues when you can play the accordion? With undertones of ...