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 ...

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 ...

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.

Josephine Ann “Joann” Stevens Birsa was four when she first heard the accordion, and it was love at first listen for the ...

Making a living as a freelance musician is quite a feat, but Mark Stillman of Minneapolis has done it for almost 50 years, and in an unlikely way — by playing the accordion. Stillman, 69, has been a ...

Camaraderie and a shared love of the sometimes misunderstood instrument are what bond members of the Chicago Accordion Club. And they wouldn’t have it any other way. “Members of the Chicago Accordion ...