The day started with a Polka Mass. The tent was packed for the service with people spilling out onto the lawn. An hour later, ...

Pulaski—known as the Polka Capital of the World—is hosting its 47th annual Polka Days festival this weekend, drawing polka ...

Sometimes you come across an album that really symbolises a unique bond between a family, the mountains and sea that surround and nurture them, and that cultural life which arises naturally from human ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — In dance halls and event spaces across northwest Ohio, it didn’t take much to start a party when Duane Malinowski walked in: an accordion, familiar tune and, before long, a dance floor ...

The band Angine De Poitrine perform in black-and-white outfits and masks. They claim to be aliens. Fans particularly love their unconventional music. China reacts after Trump announces deal to end ...

The virtuosic rock duo from Quebec releases its second album, “Vol. II,” this week. By Jon Pareles The Canadian rock duo Angine de Poitrine conquered the internet this year with long-nosed, ...

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 ...

From left: Debbie Horoschock, daughter; Kim Bukowski, daughter; Jeff Michaels; and Ashley Michaels, granddaughter, stand behind Dottie and John Stankovic in this undated photo. WILKES-BARRE — John ...

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, ...

Larry Olsen yelled out that more than once when he played his concertina with his brother Leon, who was also working his magic on the musical instrument well known in polka circles. While Larry hails ...