When polka music made its mainstream debut in the Midwest in the mid-20th century, it was a hit among young crowds. Today, those crowds and accordion players at polka events (like those hosted ...

Fellow firefighters give Polka music legend John “Stanky” Stankovic one final salute outside Nanticoke Fire Headquarters in Nanticoke on Tuesday following his funeral Mass. Stankovic served 60-plus ...

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NANTICOKE — John “Stanky” Stankovic, the legendary Northeast Pennsylvania polka king who entertained millions of people from around the world for decades, died on Christmas Day. He was 89. Stankovic, ...

CAMERON — On Sunday, Dec. 28, Alfred Vrazel will do something he has done nearly every week since 1955. He cues up polka music, greets his listeners and fills the afternoon airwaves with the sound ...

The organ bench at Our Lady of Hope was vacant as parishioners celebrated Mass on Thanksgiving Day. Instead, the Catholic church in Dundalk was filled with the foot-tapping zest of an accordion, ...

As DEI battles and funding shifts roil campuses, music programs from UCLA to Juilliard continue to grow. THR ranks the 20 schools shaping the next generation of composers. By Jeff Bond Conservatories ...

We may love them now, but polka dots used to have a serious image problem. Before the Industrial Revolution brought about machines that could produce the pattern in a symmetrical and uniform way, any ...

Larry Olsen yelled out that more than once when he played his concertina with his brother Leon, who was also working his magic on the musical instrument well known in polka circles. While Larry hails ...

Larry Olsen yelled out that more than once when he played his concertina with his brother Leon, who was also working his magic on the musical instrument well known in polka circles. While Larry hails ...

Photo by Fritz Busch Leon Olsen performs during the 2024 Bavarian Blast. NEW ULM — Leon Olsen, a New Ulm concertina player, bandleader and teacher, died Tuesday at age 72 after a brief battle with ...

The 61st Thanksgiving Polka Weekend, hosted by the National Cleveland-Style Polka Hall of Fame will once again serve as a showcase for Cleveland-Style and Slovenian polka. It will take place Nov.