By the 1960s, the Verne Meisner Band was one of the best-known polka groups in the region. Steve received an ambivalent message from Verne when he showed an interest in music. Seven-year-old Steve ...

Today, Joe Jr. and his son Mike are both part of the house band at Hofbrauhaus in Pittsburgh’s South Side, playing old and new polka music for crowds of all ages with several groups housed at ...

producing local varieties like the Polish polka-mazurka danced to music in 3/4 time. By the second half of the 19th century, the Old Continent was experiencing a real polka craze. People danced it in ...