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 ...
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 ...
NANTICOKE – Back in his polka band’s heyday, John “Stanky” Stankovic once had a globe-crossing marathon weekend by playing in England on Friday, at the Bloomsburg Fair on Saturday and in Switzerland ...