Feb. 2—Chris Bogdon was in first grade in his native Carnegie when he started taking accordion lessons. Steve Novosel, while growing up in Murrysville, took up the instrument at 9 years old. Both were ...

SOUTH RANGE — Out of all those places to dance on all those weekends over all those years, this is the last one left. It was a Sunday at the South Range Eagles Aerie 1122, an old building along a ...

A growing movement among polka aficionados infuses the music with rock 'n' roll to convince a new generation that polka is not just Old World music played on big accordions by men in polyester suits.

In Slavic and German communities along the U.S. “polka circuit,” nobody has to be told about Frankie Yankovic and his five-man polka band. In a year they play as many as 275 one-night stands in ...