Praska is from Lankin, near Stump Lake Park, home of the annual Stump Lake Polka Fest. This weekend, he and his wife, Marilyn, are in Iowa Polka Central, aka the sixth-annual Duncanfest, living it up ...

Chris Bogdon was in first grade in his native Carnegie when he started taking accordion lessons. Steve Novosel, while growing up in Murrysville, took up the instrument at 9 years old. Both were raised ...

Pat Barrera hadn’t been out to see her favorite music in a while. But when she sat at a table on a recent Sunday to watch the 55th Annual Chicago Festival of Polka Bands in Orland Park, the bands ...

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 ...

No genre of music generates giggles quite like polka. But while many see polka as the soundtrack for lederhosen-wearing seniors, Marty Rome sees it as a life-changing force. “I don’t know what kind of ...

Editor's note: The dance took place Dec. 19. They've done it every Sunday night for 58 years and show no sign of stopping now. Octogenarians Albert and Agnes Kavan are polka groupies. Since the 1940s, ...