This week, finely honed competitors from around the globe descended on the Washington, D.C. area for the World Cup of accordion music. (Soundbite of accordion music) ELLIOTT: It's America's turn to ...

San Diego has plenty of music festivals, but none are as stylistically diverse as The Carlsbad Music Festival. Friday and Saturday, I heard old time fiddling from Clinton Davis, the genial solo guitar ...

The Karolina & Iwo Duo have been described as “so well-matched it sounds like one instrument.” The duo will perform Sept. 14 at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center. Courtesy photo With a repertoire that ...

Of course Polish accordion player Lidia Kaminska gets this question a lot from Americans: "How about a polka?" Not a chance. Frankly, she's not interested. She's Bach, not "In Heaven There Is No Beer.

As many as 400 accordion players will descend upon the Queen City this weekend for the annual American Accordionists' Association Festival. Attendees can expect performances by world renowned ...

One of the world's great classical virtuosi — a globally heralded soloist who can blitz through Bach and render thorny contemporary works with ferocity, grace and aplomb --— is headed to the Capital ...

Blame it on Lawrence Welk. If you’re unfamiliar with that name, members of the American Accordionists’ Association will give you an extra-warm welcome to their festival in Baltimore this week.

This week, young musicians from around the world gather at the Kennedy Center in Washington for the world cup of accordion playing. Host Debbie Elliott gets a demonstration of the amazing technique of ...