It’s a far cry from the small gigs polka bands used to play at ethnic social clubs across Western Pennsylvania, but it is keeping the tradition of polka music alive. “You had your ethnic clubs ...

Concurrent with the emergence of the polka was the booming popularity of brass bands and the invention of a variety of squeeze boxes - accordions and concertinas. Innovative tinkerers in France ...

The one-hour program features the nation's top polka bands and a wide-variety of ethnic styles produced on location at music festivals from around the country. Along with Ted Lange, Mollie B ...