LAKE CHARLES, LA (KPLC) - Lake Charles musician Ganey Arsement has a surprise for me: the accordion's roots aren't Cajun. "The melodian came to us from German culture," said Arsement. "There were ...

The accordion is a reed type musical instrument worn on straps around the shoulders. The player stretches and compresses the bellows, forcing air through metal tongues and making them vibrate. The ...

There is something quite romantic about the sound of an accordion. Played by many different nationalities, it can sound jovial when in an oompah band, yet can also be wistfully folksy and melancholy.

Daniel Radcliffe isn't going to let those accordion lessons go to waste. The Harry Potter actor learned to play the uniquely difficult instrument so he could portray Weird Al Yankovic in the wildly ...

STAUNTON — Camp participants play their accordions … the sounds echoing around the old gymnasium. “We’re so loud they put us in the other building,” jokes instructor Orville Bame. “It gives us the ...