The early teen years are a time when many kids are taking their first band class or tooling around on a drum set they got for Christmas. Maybe they're learning the school's fight song on the trumpet ...

SAN ANTONIO — At 14-years-old, Christopher Ramirez is an award-winning accordionist. His quest to learn the instrument started at age nine, listening to music on his parents' radio. "One day, I asked ...

When polka music made its mainstream debut in the Midwest in the mid-20th century, it was a hit among young crowds. Today, those crowds and accordion players at polka events (like those hosted ...