Before there were robots, self-driving cars and AI, there were automated mechanical music machines: self-playing pianos, organs, even banjos and violins. And sitting in a piano storage warehouse in ...

This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. The music of Will Holshouser defies easy categorization. Streaming services have variously filed his albums as jazz, folk, even easy listening. There's more than a ...

Flaco Jiménez, the legendary accordion player who was perhaps the foremost ambassador for regional Tejano music in the 20th century, died at 86 on July 31st. According to a statement, Jiménez died ...

MASON CITY — Their names were Cassie, Lyla, Sherill and Virginia, but back in the 1950s they were known simply as the Accordion Queens. The North Iowa teens played their electric accordions together ...

Holshouser turned to accordion when a college pal gave him one as a gift. Martin Johnson reviews his latest album, then Terry Gross hosts Holshouser in the studio for conversation and some music. This ...