DILWORTH - Dave Kolle estimates he has sold as many as 50,000 accordions throughout his career. Back in the accordion's heyday of the 1950s and '60s, he sold at least six or seven a day at Wylie ...

(Author's note: This story was originally published in June 2019, and has been updated in memory of my cousin, Marilyn Knapp Kelly, who passed away this week.) About 5,000 years ago, the Chinese ...

It’s hard to say why the accordion brings a smile to someone’s face and gets the toe tapping. Maybe it’s the whimsical shape. Perhaps it’s the unique sound. Scott Goree, the executive director of the ...

FARGO - The Kringen Accordion Band Minot Flood Relief Benefit Concert and Dance will be held from 6:30 to 10 p.m. Oct. 25 at the Fargo Sons of Norway, 722 2nd Ave. N. Freewill donations will be ...

The accordion is the Rodney Dangerfield of instruments. It don’t get no respect. It’s dismissed as a fixture of polka bands, yet most people don’t realize how in the hands of a capable player, the ...

At 76 years old, Danny Hickinson remains a driving force behind one of County Antrim’s most enduring musical traditions - the Mosside Rising Sons of Ulster Accordion Band. A founding member of the ...

The Kringen Accordion Band, from Fargo, will play polka hymns during the service, followed by an hour of musical entertainment – all in the church's south parking lot. Everyone is welcome. The Kringen ...

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 ...