Joe Grkman Jr. can recall his father playing the accordion as far back as he can remember. “He’d have a friend come over to play guitar along with him,” said Grkman, 70, a Westmoreland County native ...

The 59th annual Thanksgiving Polka Weekend, presented by the National Cleveland-Style Polka Hall of Fame, will take place Nov. 24 and 25 and will again feature a festival of music and dancing. The ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Feb. 17—WILKES-BARRE — Promoter Jim Della Croce this week said polka music is alive and doing well in Pennsylvania. "And ...

Alex Meixner is a Grammy-nominated musician and advocate...for polka music. Though he plays multiple instruments, including trumpet and drums, he's best known as an accomplished accordion player. He ...

Sixteen-year-old Matt Frank just wanted to be heard at the Slovenian Society Home in Euclid. The Concord Township teen’s fingers whisked across the keys on his diatonic button box accordion. “I just ...

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 hear a polka ...

Polka may be a musical punchline to a lot of people, but it’s no joke to others. That’s why no one was laughing when the Recording Academy announced last week that it was eliminating the Best Polka ...

Jimmy Brosch, an esteemed Texas polka performer and historian, died Monday of complications following a heart attack. He was 89. Brosch was a champion for preserving the rich polka history of central ...