James Crabb is a musical magician, taking the ever-unfashionable accordion into new and unlikely places, through bespoke arrangements of a spectrum of pieces which brim with wit and inventiveness.

They rely on music here to lift the mist, as in settlements throughout Scotland’s rugged hinterland. The tunes are often traditional folk numbers, played on fiddles, the piano, the accordion and ...

Accordion player Hanzhi Wang says advancements to the instrument closely associated with folk and polka has opened the door for more opportunities.