In 1980, exactly 10 years before the Board of Supervisors named the accordion San Francisco's official instrument, Big Lou moved here from Austin, Texas. She came for the earthquakes (really - she's a ...

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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 ...

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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.

Amid the hip-hop, towering over the pervasive bro-country and emo pop, musicians Addie Hejl and Jameson Brettmann stand out among peers. Addie is a freshman at Malcolm High School. In addition to ...

As one of the nation’s only public elementary schools to offer accordion in the classroom, Carleston Elementary is no stranger to the sound of the squeezebox pumping out folk tunes. But Carleston ...

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, ...

Polka music was the last thing Jake Kouwe expected to flourish in the South. He’s as surprised as anyone that his Chardon Polka Band is building a loyal following in the Lake Norman area and parts of ...

Eddie Adam Korosa picked up the button-box accordion when he was 8 and virtually never stopped playing the polka after that. Not when he went to fight in World War II. Not when he danced on his bar at ...

Verne Meisner, 66, whose accordion-propelled polka tunes kept the upper Midwest dancing for 57 years and who won an international following for his musical skill, died June 10 of cancer at St. Luke’s ...