Of course Polish accordion player Lidia Kaminska gets this question a lot from Americans: "How about a polka?" Not a chance. Frankly, she's not interested. She's Bach, not "In Heaven There Is No Beer.

May 29—SHARON — Gazing into each other's eyes, Stan Jenavic, 86, and his wife Carol, 83, twirl together on the Apollo Maennerchor Club's dance floor and in unison leap with one leg. "That's a dance ...

Kevin Solecki, a Grammy-nominated accordionist who owns Carnegie Accordion, sells his own brand of the instrument and plays some of the most renowned brands. Solecki also offers private lessons.

The Accordion Club of Natrona Heights might need to change its name. These guys and gals aren’t just sitting around playing old-timey polkas — they can really jam. “We like to get together and kind of ...

Amid the hip-hop, towering over the pervasive bro-country and emo pop, musicians Addie Hejl and Jameson Brettmann stand out among peers. Addie is a freshman at Malcolm High School. In addition to ...

What do Bruce Springsteen, Sheryl Crow, John Lennon, Madonna, Al Yankovic, Lawrence Welk and the United States Air Force Strings have in common? All have played the accordion in concerts or recordings ...

What’s the difference between an accordion player and a terrorist? Terrorists have sympathizers. Yes, that’s a joke, but you can forgive the polka community for not laughing right now. On June 4, the ...

About 10 years ago, Peter Schmitz tuned in to the area affiliate of National Public Radio for some peaceful Celtic background music and was transported to the past. The familiar wheeze of an accordion ...

DULUTH – This past February, celebrated accordion player Florian Chmielewski played his own 97th birthday party at the Cloquet VFW — and even tacked on a few more gigs after that in nearby Cromwell, ...