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 ...
YUKON, Okla. (KFOR) — At first listen, you might not hear it, but on Saturday nights, the Bohemian Knights play songs of love. Milo and Lacey Shedeck met at the Czech Hall. Milo, who started playing ...
Stanky and the Coal Miners have performed Irish polkas, Italian polkas, Russian polkas, even rock ‘n’ roll polkas. Add hip-hop to the list of experiments. Stanky and local songwriter/producer Jim ...
Germans insisted it was an old Bavarian drinking song. Americans and British thought it was one of their own. Anyhow, they all sang it. The Beer Barrel Polka became the Tipperary of World War II, ...
Famed polka musician Alex Meixner wasn’t on the bill at Krause’s Cafe & Biergarten a few weekends ago, but fans there to see Soul Sessions got to hear him play when he sat in on trumpet for a set. It ...
WILKES-BARRE — Promoter Jim Della Croce this week said polka music is alive and doing well in Pennsylvania. “And Pennsylvania Polka is one of our strongest musical draws,” said Della Croce, who is ...
There is a personal vocal phrase that starts a John Stankovic polka song. It's hard to say and even harder to spell. "Without John Stanky, man, you're losing that personality, as well as someone so ...
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — This Saturday, the Genetti's ballroom will be packed with polka dancers and players, hosted by the Pennsylvania Polkafest with a long lineup of local and national talent. It's a ...