From the first very moment of the track “Map Dilations” — a succinct and sure inhale, rather than a musical note — there’s something quirky and trancelike about the album Lungfiddle, Adam Matlock’s ...

Musician and accordion designer Gilberto Reyes met us at the door of Hohner’s national headquarters then located in historic Glen Allen, Virginia. He and I had many mutual friends but had never met in ...

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

An accordion is equal parts math and magic, a glistening and gorgeous instrument on the outside, airtight and busy on the inside. Morethan 1,000 pieces are required ...

HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Amedeo "Al" Iorio, a mechanical engineer from Cresskill, N.J., hailed from a family of accordion makers. Little wonder that he engineered a better accordion. Iorio, who died Monday ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. - As kids, Bruce Pastorius and Ken Mahler made an odd pair: Mahler, the quiet kid who dutifully practiced his accordion 45 minutes every day as his excitable friend from parochial ...

For 50 years, Francisco Luis Ramírez has been the go-to guy for instrument repairs in a nation that reveres the accordion. Now it’s a family business. By Jordan Salama MEXICO CITY — “Your accordion is ...