Stanky and the Coal Miners have performed Irish polkas, Italian polkas, Russian polkas, even rock ‘n’ roll polkas. Add hip-hop to the list of experiments. Stanky and local songwriter/producer Jim ...

The Stanky brothers — Joe and John — have been fixtures on the local music scene for decades, so much so that their stage names are practically synonymous with polka music in Luzerne County. Born with ...

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 ...

Billed as a "polka party with a twist - a rock & roll twist," Rock 'n Polka is a bouncy, toe-tapping novelty album that may not have a ton of staying power but is fun to listen to a few times (or to ...

Germans insisted it was an old Bavarian drinking song. Americans and British thought it was one of their own. Anyhow, they all sang it. The Beer Barrel Polka became the Tipperary of World War II, ...

Famed polka musician Alex Meixner wasn’t on the bill at Krause’s Cafe & Biergarten a few weekends ago, but fans there to see Soul Sessions got to hear him play when he sat in on trumpet for a set. It ...

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 ...