Stanley C. Mroz’s living room in Walker is filled with amplifiers, mixers, and all of the equipment needed to run a band. It would be easy to believe that Mroz, like any other local musician, is still ...

Of course Polish accordion player Lidia Kaminska gets this question a lot from Americans: "How about a polka?" Not a chance. Frankly, she's not interested. She's Bach, not "In Heaven There Is No Beer.

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 ...

He elevated his instrument’s often-maligned reputation with deft musicianship, and by writing and commissioning a wide range of music. By Richard Sandomir Guy Klucevsek, a masterly accordion player ...

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.

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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 ...

Amid the hip-hop, towering over the pervasive bro-country and emo pop, musicians Addie Hejl and Jameson Brettmann stand out among peers. Addie Hejl,13, center, plays accordion at a tribute to the ...