The small city of Valledupar is famous as the birthplace of vallenato, an upbeat accordion-driven folk music that plays constantly in streets, shops, buses and restaurants across northern Colombia and ...

A lookout was chosen to hold open the door. An invasion song was selected. "OK, when I say go, we go! No hesitation, or the maitre d' has time to throw us out," said ringleader Paul Rogers. Blasting ...

The American Accordionists Association is huddled in a Holiday Inn in Rosslyn for the next couple of days, hosting workshops and awarding $12,000 in prizes in an international competition. We love the ...

Alvaro Del Norte, an accordionist and singer for San Antonio’s Piñata Protest, was raised on Mexican music. And, because he was constantly surrounded by it, he hated it. But as he grew up and moved ...

Accordion Hero. Just the name sends me into a fugue of Bier and Lederhosen. Sadly, this Guitar Hero derivative is a spoof, although a hilarious one: Hit all the right notes and get the crowd on their ...

Driven by a distinctive accordion melody, San Antonio’s Piñata Protest marries the rawness and intensity of punk rock with the richness of a squeezebox sound that has propelled conjunto roots music ...

Accordionist "Weird Al" Yankovic this week put a Houston date on his upcoming tour: He'll play July 14 at the Alice and George Brown Theater. That tour is part of the parodist's surprise resurgence: ...

After years in decline, instrument enjoys a surge in popularity About half a century ago, the accordion was a very popular musical instrument around the world. Though it fell into a decline for ...

Gerald Simard knows all about overcoming challenges. Through the years, he’s been shot in Vietnam, suffered a heart attack and had to be revived twice, and experienced a stroke that left him paralyzed ...