This Friday night, Professor Louie & The Crowmatix will play Chan's in Woonsocket, and music lovers will hear rock 'n' roll performed on an instrument that all but disappeared from the stage 50 years ...

I think that was the first time I played music for people to dance to.” His most unusual gig was the center of a boxing ring, where he played between bouts. The birth of rock ‘n’ roll tempted him to ...

Moldovan accordionist Radu Ratoi showcases remarkable passion and skill in a program that spans Baroque elegance, romantic ...

BEND, Ore. (AP) Pulling the bellows apart with a flourish, Terry Ranstad launched into a haunting melody, right hand pausing on the accordion keyboard in firm chords. It took a second to identify the ...

When it comes to Texas music, the guitar gets all the attention, thanks to a long line of six-string immortals such as T-Bone Walker, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Gary Clark Jr. But frankly, the instrument ...

Flaco Jimenez, the legendary accordionist from San Antonio who won multiple Grammys and helped expand the popularity of conjunto, Tejano, and Tex-Mex music, died Thursday. Flaco Jimenez, the legendary ...

CASTLE ROCK — Rita Bryant was nervous when she first pulled out her accordion for a class of Castle Rock third graders in 1968. But after that first song she never looked back. “I was shy and ...

The master of the Tex-Mex accordion Leonardo "Flaco" Jimenez, whose tradition-drenched sound came to define conjunto or Tejano music of South Texas, has died. Throughout a career that spanned more ...