Three residents with connections to the Metrocom are using the Internet to keep traditional German-style music alive, as they aim to pass on to listeners the music they love. For the past six years, ...

Fröhliche Musiker Blasorchester is the name of mid-Michigan’s own German Polka Band. The band’s name translates to “happy musicians in a wind band” and features 14 members, including co-founders Sara ...

The sounds of oom-pah music filled the air in downtown Cape Girardeau as Pat Schwent and "The German Hot Seven" polka band entertained the crowd at the first Old Town Cape Oktoberfest. The event, set ...

NEW ULM — Polka may be beer-drinking party music, but it’s also spiritual. That’s what over 300 people discovered at the third annual polka service held Sunday morning at New Ulm’s Bavarian Blast, a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Chardon Polka Band performs at “the biggest little German fest in Indiana.” The Chardon Polka Band visits the Hoosier state to perform at the “biggest little German fest in Indiana.” Music includes ...

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 ...