The 20th annual National Button Accordion Festival gets underway at 5 p.m. tonight at the Apollo Maennerchor German Club in ...

Saturday was the final day for the 20th annual National Button Accordion Festival at the Apollo Maennerchor German Club in ...

Stanley C. Mroz’s living room in Walker is filled with amplifiers, mixers, and all of the equipment needed to run a band. It would be easy to believe that Mroz, like any other local musician, is still ...

Kevin Solecki, a Grammy-nominated accordionist who owns Carnegie Accordion, sells his own brand of the instrument and plays some of the most renowned brands. Solecki also offers private lessons.

Walt Groller’s parents gave him his first accordion when he was 4 years old. There was one problem, though. The boy played it so much that his mother became tired of hearing it and threw it down the ...

Of course Polish accordion player Lidia Kaminska gets this question a lot from Americans: "How about a polka?" Not a chance. Frankly, she's not interested. She's Bach, not "In Heaven There Is No Beer.

There is a growing movement among polka aficionados to infuse the music with rock 'n' roll to convince a new generation that polka is not Old World music played on big accordions by men in polyester ...

Polka may be a musical punchline to a lot of people, but it’s no joke to others. That’s why no one was laughing when the Recording Academy announced last week that it was eliminating the Best Polka ...

It seems polka fans, especially younger ones, are a lot like members of the fictional "Fight Club." ("The first rule of polka is: You do not talk about polka.") "A lot of people are afraid to admit to ...

Ohio’s Chardon Polka Band travels the country virtually to celebrate their genre. Polka musicians nationwide contribute to a delightful tapestry of unique performances that celebrate Americana, ...