Julien Labro Expresses Love for Jazz Through the Accordion

By J.C. Lee

When Julien Labro was a young boy in Rodez, France, he never thought his accordion would take him around the world.

But in the last year, the 34-year-old’s music has taken him throughout the Middle East, to Kuwait and Qatar, from China to Brazil and more. And this weekend, Labro will travel to northern Indiana to play his accordion as part of the Hot Club of Detroit at the Elkhart Jazz Festival.

The journey all started with a television show. The accordion is a common instrument in traditional…read the rest here