On the evening of Feb. 4, 1932, an eager crowd gathered at the Hoyt Sherman Place auditorium for a recital of spirituals by a man whose bass-baritone voice was already […] ...

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From Nilla Pizzi to Domenico Modugno, the Sanremo Festival’s early years shaped national music and mirrored the joie de vivre of Italy after WW2 ...

The soulful ballad became one of the most haunting and memorable hits of the early 1970s.

"Tennessee Waltz" composer Pee Wee King, who brought the union to the Grand Ole Opry, died March 7, 2000 in Louisville, ...

George Clinton, while working as a barber, recruited him. Mr. Nelson went on to name the group and, with his bandmates, to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. By Clay Risen Billy Bass ...

When polka music made its mainstream debut in the Midwest in the mid-20th century, it was a hit among young crowds. Today, those crowds and accordion players at polka events (like those hosted ...

NANTICOKE — John “Stanky” Stankovic, the legendary Northeast Pennsylvania polka king who entertained millions of people from around the world for decades, died on Christmas Day. He was 89. Stankovic, ...

When we think back to the 1950s, often ideas of a squeaky-clean life come to mind. In movies, whenever characters go back in time to the 50s, life always seems so square and simple compared to today.

The organ bench at Our Lady of Hope was vacant as parishioners celebrated Mass on Thanksgiving Day. Instead, the Catholic church in Dundalk was filled with the foot-tapping zest of an accordion, ...

The 61st Thanksgiving Polka Weekend, hosted by the National Cleveland-Style Polka Hall of Fame will once again serve as a showcase for Cleveland-Style and Slovenian polka. It will take place Nov.