A master of the accordion since age 6, Klucevsek was inspired by performers he saw on 1950s television, and subsequently asked his father for a small beginner accordion.

He played by memory on a large accordion with 50 or more buttons for the chords. I was just a beginner with less than six months of lessons. I was stationed at the far end of the hall from Lou with my ...

The Grammy-winning accordion player, who died July 31, recorded dozens of albums and singles. Here's where to start.

The master of the Tex-Mex accordion Leonardo "Flaco" Jimenez, whose tradition-drenched sound came to define conjunto or Tejano music of South Texas, has died. Throughout a career that spanned more ...