Bellanöva – Bellanöva (Felmay Records, 2020) Italian label Felmay Records released Bellanöva in 2020, a collaboration that brings together the traditional piffero-and-accordion duo of Stefano…
“Searching for Gold” is the title track from accordionist Amy Henderson and multi-instrumentalist Ewan MacPherson’s EP. The duo plays contemporary folk music deeply grounded in…
Alessandro D’Alessandro was born in Coreno Ausonio, a small town in southern Lazio. He grew up playing the organetto, a traditional Italian diatonic button accordion.…
Finnish accordionist and composer Teija Niku has released her fourth solo album Tovi in 2026, a self-produced project that continues the artistic direction of her…
(headline image: Making The Accordion Great Again: Liberty Bellows exhibition – Photo by Angel Romero) Few instruments move as fluidly through working-class dance halls, classical…
(headline image: Antti Paalanen – Photo by Kimmo Kansala) Antti Paalanen, born in 1977 and raised in Southern Ostrobothnia’s pelimanni heartland, builds a roaring engine…
Leonardo “Flaco” Jiménez, the influential accordionist who brought conjunto music from the dance halls of San Antonio to stages around the world, died on July…
The album Kyly by groundbreaking Finnish band Värttinä reached the number one spot of the Transglobal World Music Chart for the month of July 2025.…
The album Kyly by Finnish folk stars Värttinä Secured the coveted top position of World Music Charts Europe for the month of July 2025. Kyly…
(headline image: Yeison Landero – Photo by Alex Guete) Yeison Landero was born in San Jacinto, Bolívar, a town located in the Montes de María…