Muskegon — Polka music was eclipsed by rock and roll in the 1950s, “The Lawrence Welk Show” came and went by the ’80s, and polka was eliminated as a Grammy category in 2009. Through it all, the Old ...

Sep. 30—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 ...

If polkas exude happiness, then Joe Vargo made a heck of a lot of people happy. Over more than three decades before his death last week at age 69, Vargo played polkas on several radio stations in the ...

Gabane — Polka dance is popular in the Kgalagadi District where it originates. It is a kind of dance that takes two to tango as men and women dance holding each other like two love birds dancing to a ...

Some of the best polka bands in the Lehigh Valley will be featured at Musikfest this year, along with a few good out-of-town acts thrown in for variety. The big stage at Festplatz will be dominated by ...