In 1960, Elvis Presley is the most famous pop star in the world. In one of his films, he sings a German folk song that goes on to sell over a million copies. But perhaps with good reason since the ...

Alpine music — and more specifically Polka and Oberkrainer — are considered ancient German. But what many people don't know is that the origin is not in the Bavarian or Swiss Alps but in Slovenia.

She broke into song … German song. During the Oktoberfest celebration at GreenFields of Geneva, Jeanne Sigman, a resident of ...

11-12, 30 W. Angela St., Pleasanton. SideTrack’s Oktoberfest returns with live polka and German folk music, German bites and ...

The great folksong revival of the 1940s through 1960s made rural white and African American artists and their music favorites of audiences everywhere. While key figures associated with the American ...

TO MANY, THE polka dot provokes a strong reaction. The vintage staple pattern is either met with intrigue or disgust (not unlike our national spread, Vegemite). In it’s current resurgence ...

The definition of American folk art is notoriously difficult to pin down. In the twentieth century “folk art” has embraced everything from Pennsylvania German frakturs to eccentric architectural ...

Watch traditional folk dancing and compete in ... 6 in the La Mesa Village with German food, including schnitzel and giant pretzels, Polka bands and dancing, along with “Bark-toberfest ...

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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz fired his finance minister on Wednesday, leaving the government teetering on the brink of collapse. In a televised address, Scholz said he had dismissed Finance ...

In September 2024, German exports were down 1.7% and imports were up 2.1% on a calendar and seasonally adjusted basis compared with August 2024. Based on provisional data, the Federal Statistical ...