Gerald Schlag and Titus Bulow of Minot are doing their part to ensure accordion music will be enjoyed for generations to come ...

The World of Music, Vol. 50, No. 3, Accordion Culture (2008), pp. 15-36 (22 pages) Irish traditional dance music players have used diatonic button accordions to play traditional dance music since the ...

When I tell people that I play the accordion, I usually get a certain kind of reaction. “Accordion? That’s unusual,” some people say, “I don’t know anyone who plays the accordion!” Sometimes it’s “My ...

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 ...

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 ...