Chen Zhaojie plays accordion for old neighbors. Photo: Yang Hui/GT The accordion is not an instrument one hears often anymore in Western music, but here in China, where traditional musical instruments ...

New accordions in the Liberty Bellows showroom are stacked and arranged like jeweled beetles at a natural-history museum, some with shells as green as a lime’s rind and others with keys like red ...

When the Spokane Accordion Ensemble performs Friday night as guest artists at the Old Time Accordion Championships in Kimberly, B.C., it will be a happy and nostalgic event for Patricia Bartell, the ...

Jim Gilman is ready to rage. Playing to a crowd chomping on schnitzel and gulping down lagers in the dining room of Old World during the weekend of Karneval (the German equivalent of Mardi Gras) on a ...

Everybody has a story, but sometimes you need the right media to hear it properly. Thanks to friendly offers from a couple of strangers — an Oregon record shop owner and a loyal Columbian subscriber — ...

Q: My grandmother gave me her grandmother’s cedar chest. My great-grandmother was Pennsylvania Dutch and ended up moving to Iowa. She was married to a Civil War captain and died at a home for Civil ...

MANTECA (CBS13) — A Manteca man's music hit a sour note after a thief stole his century-old accordion. It's an instrument he's had since he was a teenager. Now, with the community's help, he's hoping ...

This story is part of a series from CBC Saskatchewan, featuring four stories from the 18 pavilions that are part of Mosaic 2024. For more, visit our Mosaic home page. Kamil Smela is one busy ...

KENNEWICK -- JoAnn Bjerke turned 87 years old Friday, but she doesn't feel much different than she did 50 years ago. Not much, anyway, she said with smirk. She credits a passion for music for keeping ...

After 13 years, Russ Davis decided his Vecchio Bar & Grille had run its course and decided to go in a new direction. His bar's new incarnation, the "Red Accordion," touches on Old World 3rd Street's ...