Is everybody happy.” Larry Olsen yelled out that more than once when he played his concertina with his brother Leon, who was also working his magic on the musical instrument well known in polka ...

In the McLeod County History Museum, there’s a plaque on the wall near the entrance to the west wing that reads “No power on earth has the ability to move people like the spirit of music.” The quote ...

Neighbors recently carried a note from a reader telling of the musical heritage of Lankin, N.D., because it once had several fine polka bands. Well, Matt Hodek, who lives in that Walsh County town, ...

Ken Machelski was born to play polka music. His father and older brother performed in polka bands and when Mr. Machelski sang, he modeled himself after his childhood idol, Marion Lush, the “Golden ...