Toni Jarvis will spend today doing what she has done the last Saturday of every summer month for 70 years: playing the accordion for the fun-loving crowd at the German Park picnics. "It's not a ...

Ralph E. Szubski, "The Accordian Man," plays "La Dee Dah." Ralph E. Szubski, "The Accordian Man," plays "La Dee Dah." A cut off Ralph E. Szubski's recording, "Polkas To Sqz-n-plz." CLEVELAND, Ohio -- ...

It’s the final weekend of Wurstfest, the New Braunfels-based annual festival which celebrates German food, beer and, of course, music. The festival began as a single-day event in 1961, an homage to ...

READING, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- Kermit Ohlinger could be considered a one-man band with his accordion. He plays a midi accordion that has electronic sensors in it, enabling him to play over 300 sounds ...

FRANKENMUTH, Mich. -- Here's a hotel that could be music to your ears. Its theme? Accordion polka tunes. The 38-room Marv Herzog Hotel opened eight months ago in this German-themed tourist town.

Kevin Solecki, a Grammy-nominated accordionist who owns Carnegie Accordion, sells his own brand of the instrument and plays some of the most renowned brands. Solecki also offers private lessons.

MOST people think of the accordion, if they think of it at all, as a social instrument, wheezing out polkas and folk tunes. The sound of it brings to mind French cafes, Mexican plazas, German beer ...

Let’s set aside for a moment the lederhosen and “The Beer Barrel Polka,” and really, this is a story about a 5-year-old boy named Walter and the present Santa left him under the Christmas tree that ...