CLEVELAND -- Lou Trebar, a button-box accordionist, known for incorporating elements of Viennese waltzes and American jazz into traditional Slovenian polka music, died Thursday at the Slovene Home for ...

Before Miley Cyrus and her twerking, before hip-hop, grunge, disco and rock ‘n’ roll, there was accordion music. On Saturday, aficionados of the instrument associated with zydeco, polkas and a more ...

Renee Montagne speaks with Felix Contreras, co-host of NPR's Alt.Latino, about the link between Tex-Mex music and Eastern European waltzes and... How Mexico Learned To Polka A casual listener would be ...

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 ...

Accordion Virtuosi prove they can squeeze out more musical styles than polkas from their instruments - their concerts can include anything Strauss waltzes to a sabre dance. Lee University will welcome ...

This is the incredible moment an accordion player's euphonic tune brings together a herd of walruses. Playing a popular Soviet waltz, the seafarer is left amazed as the pod of huge mammals bark and ...

Alexander Sevastian is on the front line, armed with his accordion. He says he is one of the few classical music accordion players in North America. Listeners think of the accordion as “party ...

IF THIS WEEK’S cover story on the 100 th anniversary of Petosa Accordions leaves you wanting more of everything squeezebox, you’re in luck. There’s a new book in the works, and — for the first time in ...