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 ...

For the first time in about 10 years, Pete Truszkowski and his accordion will not be making it to this year’s Plymouth Alive Kielbasa Festival. Truszkowski, of Mountain Top, known by festival… ...

MUSKEGON, MI -- The fryers will be bubbling, the accordions tuned and the flower crowns arranged just right for the 10th annual Muskegon Polish Festival. Founded a decade ago by Polish community ...

Armed with his grandpa's old polka records, a dusty wig, an old accordion and a goofy name, Justin Gorski just may be the hardest-working man in Cleveland show business. You may know him as DJ ...

Everything old is new again, and the accordion – that fantastical hand-piano that merrily belts melodies and harmonies all at once – is making a comeback, led by artists globally and musicians locally ...

FRANKFORD — What is polka music?Ask musician Ed Goldberg and the answer is simple. “It’s happy music,” the accordion player said. “People, as soon as they enter into a building and they ...

The polka bands faced a constant struggle against an insidious kind of musical bigotry, he said, stroking his long goatee. "At that time, the accordion was considered the lamest instrument around." ...

Dahn Hagge, the director of the Golden Husk Theatre in Ord, understands the importance of cultural heritage in an increasingly homogenous world.