Pat Barrera hadn’t been out to see her favorite music in a while. But when she sat at a table on a recent Sunday to watch the 55th Annual Chicago Festival of Polka Bands in Orland Park, the bands ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – For polka lovers, this festival is an opportunity to be immersed in the music and food of the Polish and ...

Chris Bogdon was in first grade in his native Carnegie when he started taking accordion lessons. Steve Novosel, while growing up in Murrysville, took up the instrument at 9 years old. Both were raised ...

In Slavic and German communities along the U.S. “polka circuit,” nobody has to be told about Frankie Yankovic and his five-man polka band. In a year they play as many as 275 one-night stands in ...

Hey, Linkin Park and Weezer fans. Give polka a chance. That’s all John Stankovic asks. His band, John Stanky and the Coal Miners, has been a Wyoming Valley mainstay for more than 50 years, but, like ...

MARATHON CITY, Wis. (WSAW) - Polka music will fill the air in Marathon Tuesday night as the Marathon City Heritage Center hosts their last concert of the summer. This is part of a three-part concert ...

No genre of music generates giggles quite like polka. But while many see polka as the soundtrack for lederhosen-wearing seniors, Marty Rome sees it as a life-changing force. “I don’t know what kind of ...