Clarence "Junior" Martin, a renowned accordion maker, musician and member of the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame whose instruments helped shape the sound of Cajun and zydeco music for decades, has died.

LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) — A beloved icon of the Acadiana music community has died. Clarence “Junior” Martin, 85, died peacefully at his home in Scott on Sunday. Martin built a successful career in ...

Walk into North Canaan’s historic railroad station, and you’ll see hundreds of accordions stacked floor to ceiling. It’s a wall of gleaming buttons, piano keys, mother-of-pearl, rhinestones, and ...

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Houston, the accordion concertos have landed. Look at the pedigree of serious orchestra works written for the instrument, and you’ll notice most have been performed more frequently in Europe — long ...

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 ...

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 ...

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What began as songs about heartbreak in the brothels and barrios of the Dominican Republic in the 1960s has become a worldwide sensation. Even the Bee Gees have gotten a bachata spin. Prince Royce’s ...