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 ...

Ninety percent of your life is commitment. Gary Malner is 80 years old and has been playing the accordion for 72 years. The only thing bigger than his 25-pound instrument is his smile. Malner lives in ...

'Weird' Al Yankovic taught Daniel Radcliffe how to play the accordion. The 33-year-old actor plays the musician in the biopic 'Weird: The Al Yankovic Story' and recalled how Yankovic taught him how to ...

The accordion is the Rodney Dangerfield of instruments. It don’t get no respect. It’s dismissed as a fixture of polka bands, yet most people don’t realize how in the hands of a capable player, the ...

Eugene accordionist Maria Telesheva won her first competition when she was just 6 years old. Now a rising senior at North Eugene High School, Telesheva has traveled the globe performing and competing ...

Accordionist player Josephat Barnabas Wanzala during an interview at Lutonyi area in Kakamega town on March 10, 2022. [Benjamin Sakwa, Standard] The melodious sound of an accordion playing welcomes ...

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 ...