Join Pioneer for another episode of toe-tapping, “oompah,” Funtime Polka fun. Since 1996 Saturday and Sunday afternoons have meant Funtime Polka on Pioneer Public Television. Original shows were taped ...

The polka world was rocked -- well, maybe not rocked, but sent reeling across the cruise-ship dance floor -- when the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences announced this week that it was ...

The Polka Floyd Show is exactly what you think it is - songs by progressive rock's spacey pioneers re-imagined with a shuffle beat and oodles of accordion oompah. "You know what's coming if you're ...

When the barrel finally stopped rolling, there were more beers than tears. Pierogi muffled harrumphs; sweet chrusciki trumped bitter reality. Leave crying to the country fans. They didn't call it the ...

In a recent interview on Q with Tom Power, Queens of the Stone Age's Josh Homme revealed how his distinct guitar playing style can be traced back to learning polka in childhood. “I took guitar lessons ...

It’s a Friday night in October and the revelers sit at long tables in a Bavarian biergarten. The bratwurst is ample, the beer pitchers overflowing and the polka music is almost nonstop. German culture ...

CHAMPAIGN — If you're expecting Lawrence Welk-style polka at Saturday's Oktoberfest, the Polkaholics might give you a bit of a start. This is punk-rock polka, says guitarist and vocalist "Dandy Don" ...

Oompah! Jimmy Brosch remembers 20 legendary Czech polka bands (listen to themusic) - CultureMap Houston Home popular EVENTS submit-new-event CHARITY GUIDE Children Education Health Veterans Social ...

It's Saturday night and all around the SPJST Lodge 88 dance floor, middle-age men and women, some thick at the waist and stiff in the knees, joyously show off their trickiest steps. On stage, The ...

With a Polish population second only to Warsaw, Chicago’s always been a polka, pierogi and zimne piwo (cold beer) kind of town. Even though the Taste of Polonia lasts only three days (Friday-Monday; ...