Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. May 29—SHARON — Gazing into each other's eyes, Stan Jenavic, 86, and his wife Carol, 83, twirl together on the Apollo Maennerchor ...

ELMHURST, Ill. (WGN) – On every third Monday of the month in Elmhurst, a group of musicians gather around an instrument many of them first picked up as children. It also appears they never quite ...

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 ...

The accordion is gaining worldwide popularity. Germany has declared it the instrument of the year for 2026. This all-rounder ...

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 ...

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 ...