Across the street from a wine lounge and a gourmet sausage spot on Glendale Boulevard in Atwater Village, a small red-and-white neon sign reads: "DAVE'S ACCORDION SCHOOL." Inside, black and tan cases ...

An accordion is a wonderful musical instrument but it is quite different and a bit difficult to play this particular musical instrument in comparison to the other musical instruments. But it is very ...

Judy Santsche was 12 years old and wanted to play the piano, which was, she said, beyond the family budget. When group accordion lessons on a rented instrument became available, she remembers jumping ...

This week’s guest on Viva Tejano, Eva Ybarra, is a luminary in conjunto music, a self-taught multi-instrumentalist who’s been playing the accordion for seven decades. For all her talent, though, she’s ...

When I tell people that I play the accordion, I usually get a certain kind of reaction. “Accordion? That’s unusual,” some people say, “I don’t know anyone who plays the accordion!” Sometimes it’s “My ...