As a child, Noé Álvarez “wandered the orchards under the spell of corridistas — musicians whose spitfire fingers flew over their three-row accordion keys,” he writes in his memoir, “Accordion Eulogies ...

She really plays that accordion. We’re not talking Louisiana zydeco. Or a German polka. Or some whitebread Lawrence Welk retread with bubbles floating in the air. Dominique Lenore Persi takes her ...

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.

Camaraderie and a shared love of the sometimes misunderstood instrument are what bond members of the Chicago Accordion Club. And they wouldn’t have it any other way. “Members of the Chicago Accordion ...