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.

Alex Meixner is a Grammy-nominated musician and advocate...for polka music. Though he plays multiple instruments, including trumpet and drums, he's best known as an accomplished accordion player. He ...

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.

PHOTO GALLERY: Polka player Alex Meixner returns to the Lehugh Valley to help the Pennsylvania Music Preservation Society launch The Great Allentown Memorial Day Celebration. Gators QB DJ Lagway 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 ...

Amid the hip-hop, towering over the pervasive bro-country and emo pop, musicians Addie Hejl and Jameson Brettmann stand out among peers. Addie is a freshman at Malcolm High School. In addition to ...

The Accordion Club of Natrona Heights might need to change its name. These guys and gals aren’t just sitting around playing old-timey polkas — they can really jam. “We like to get together and kind of ...

May 29—SHARON — Gazing into each other's eyes, Stan Jenavic, 86, and his wife Carol, 83, twirl together on the Apollo Maennerchor Club's dance floor and in unison leap with one leg. "That's a dance ...

Walt Groller’s parents gave him his first accordion when he was 4 years old. There was one problem, though. The boy played it so much that his mother became tired of hearing it and threw it down the ...

About 10 years ago, Peter Schmitz tuned in to the area affiliate of National Public Radio for some peaceful Celtic background music and was transported to the past. The familiar wheeze of an accordion ...