Alex Meixner is a Grammy-nominated musician and advocate...for polka music. Though he plays multiple instruments, including trumpet and drums, he's best known as an accomplished accordion player. He ...

Sep. 30—Joe Grkman Jr. can recall his father playing the accordion as far back as he can remember. "He'd have a friend come over to play guitar along with him," said Grkman, 70, a Westmoreland County ...

Kevin Solecki, a Grammy-nominated accordionist who owns Carnegie Accordion, sells his own brand of the instrument and plays some of the most renowned brands. Solecki also offers private lessons.

Feb. 2—Chris Bogdon was in first grade in his native Carnegie when he started taking accordion lessons. Steve Novosel, while growing up in Murrysville, took up the instrument at 9 years old. Both were ...

Joe and John — have been fixtures on the local music scene for decades, so much so that their stage names are practically synonymous with polka music in Luzerne County. Born with the surname Stankovic ...

You probably won’t see many teenagers playing accordion, but a young Grand Forks musician is eager to share his passion for the less-than-popular instrument. Central High School senior Lane Lindseth’s ...

From old world to new shores / Helena Simonett -- Accordion jokes : a folklorist's view / Richard March -- From chanky-chank to Yankee chanks : the Cajun accordion as identity symbol / Mark F. DeWitt ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- To many Americans, the accordion brings to mind Lawrence Welk, polka music and lederhosen. And the thought of an accordion orchestra, like the one Joan (pronounced Jo-Anne) Sommers ...

When you think of accordion, you think of European polka or folk music. Hanzhi Wang wants you to think of Bach and Piazzolla. On Sunday, Oct. 13, the China-born Wang brings her accordion to Leo Rich ...

When it comes to Texas music, the guitar gets all the attention, thanks to a long line of six-string immortals such as T-Bone Walker, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Gary Clark Jr. But frankly, the instrument ...

Patrick Varine Friday, Sept. 30, 2022 6:01 a.m. | Friday, Sept. 30, 2022 6:01 a.m. Joe Grkman Jr. can recall his father playing the accordion as far back as he can remember. “He’d have a friend come ...