NEW ULM — A longtime hotbed for concertina and polka music, New Ulm held its first World Concertina Congress Saturday. The annual congress and hall of fame induction devoted to the traditional German ...

Like many men his age, Andy Kochanski always thought about owning a bar. When out with his friends for a night on the town, the born-and-bred South Sider would take it all in, thinking about what he ...

Andy Kochanski's near-South Side bar is a local landmark, and a throwback to a time when polka was commonplace. Squeezeboxes still get their due here, but Kochanski's Concertina Beer Hall is a hidden ...

Toe-tapping music and happy melodies keep members of the Central Wisconsin Concertina Club on the move. Local band leader Dan Gruetzmacher started the Concertina Club in 1971, and the group has grown ...

PULASKI – Polka legend Alvin Styczynski of Pulaski died Monday at the age of 87. If you liked polka music and lived in Wisconsin, you likely heard Styczynski at some point on his concertina and ...

WAITE PARK – Nathan Neuman is used to people's surprise that he's a 20-year-old polka musician. But to him it's no big deal (and the surprise can get a little old). "The new push is for kids to like ...

NORTH MANKATO — If there was one thing John Gag enjoyed more than his German heritage, it was playing his concertina. He met his wife of 55 years through it. He entertained kids and adults alike with ...