“I’ve been playing polka music since I was 14 years old,” he said. And like any niche genre of music, getting the next generation interested is a key part of keeping the music alive.

The 75th annual St. Stan’s Polish Festival will take place from Thursday, June 26, to Sunday, June 29, offering summer days ...

Steve started his own band, the Steve Meisner Orchestra, while still in his teens and has continued the family tradition in the polka-music business, playing regionally and nationally, producing ...

A new collection of rare 1969 demos will revisit the early days of Black Sabbath when the band was still known as Earth.

The World’s Most Dangerous Polka Band, led by the legendary Jim Enrietti from the Keweenaw Peninsula, would be playing a three-hour set. He’s performed polka shows all over this region for 75 ...

From the end of World War II until the '80s, the Slickers performed polka music at weddings, funerals, dances and parties in the central Indianapolis neighborhood that lent them their name.

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – For polka lovers, this festival is an opportunity to be immersed in the music and food of the Polish and Slovenian cultures. Visit Johnstown will present the 1st Summit Bank ...

Don’t assume all polka bands are made up of old guys. The four members of The Happy Players, who played at Saturday’s Oktoberfest at the Liederkranz in Grand Island are all 22 and younger. The ...

The Squeezettes, a Milwaukee-area five-piece polka band, will perform from 2 to 3 p.m. Headling act Mollie B., host of the Mollie B. Polka Party TV show, Ted Lange and the band Squeezebox, ...

Polka bands with young musicians help keep the tradition alive, Gordon said — particularly during multi-day festivals like the Polka Fireworks Festival at Somerset County’s Seven Springs ...

Steve Meisner, one of Wisconsin's best-known polka musicians, died June 1 at age 62 shortly after being diagnosed with cancer. As part of the band that carried his name, Meisner, a lifelong ...

Joe Sr. and his friend would play polka tunes, and, in 1967, his son and two cousins joined him and formed a polka band, starting with gigs at the former Slovenian ...