The New Hampshire-based Eastern Sound Orchestra is one of New England’s most popular and enduring Polish polka ensembles. For 42 years, they have been entertaining audiences from Montreal to Miami ...

A Polka Mass is similar to a typical Catholic Mass but includes traditional polka-style music within the hymns; instruments ...

Jimmy Sturr, the band leader and clarinet player from Florida, N.Y., will join his orchestra at 8 p.m. Saturday. The Jimmy Sturr Orchestra has won 18 Grammy Awards. The festival will include music and ...

A big fan of the JTO, which also consists of drummer Jim Penko, is State Rep. Kenny Yuko, D-Richmond Heights. Yuko, who attended the awards show, said he is a friend of Tomsick’s and owns a copy of ...

EASTHAMPTON -- A large, festive crowd turned out Sunday afternoon for Easthampton's third annual Polka Party, held on the grounds of the Our Lady of the Valley parish on Franklin Street. The event, ...

FRANKFORD — What is polka music? Ask musician Ed Goldberg and the answer is simple. “It’s happy music,” the accordion player said. “People, as soon as they enter into a building and they hear a polka ...

CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. — Western New York is prepping for the 44th annual Polish American Arts Festival happening in Cheektowaga’s Town Park. The 3-day event begins on July 26 at 5 p.m. with the grand ...

The Polish Scholarship Fund has announced its plans for the 60th Syracuse Polish Festival. The food, music and cultural festival takes place June 20-22 in Clinton Square this summer. The festival will ...

There’s nothing more fitting in the heart of Pine Island than polka dancing and onions. Add to the mix 18-time Grammy-winner Jimmy Sturr and his Orchestra and you’ve got a party. It’s the Annual Onion ...

DRUMS – A fallen band leader from Hazleton reunited with members of his orchestra on Friday afternoon – just days before a movie based on his life will be released to Netflix. “Welcome, welcome!” Jan ...

Some of the best polka bands in the Lehigh Valley will be featured at Musikfest this year, along with a few good out-of-town acts thrown in for variety. The big stage at Festplatz will be dominated by ...