But in the Midwest, music and dancing are shared ... already an established musician, an accordion prodigy whose original band, Verne Meisner and the Polka Boys, was aptly named - the members ...

Garrett Tatano, 24, of Canonsburg was born and raised on polka music, with Polish and Italian parents who both played accordion as he was growing up. “My grandfather used to run polka dances on ...

No wonder then that also polka music became strongly associated with Polonia ... It often included the clarinet, the accordion and violins. A popular creator in the Chicago style was the city’s own ...

Besides the polka, waltz and tango, the younger set is incorporating the instrument into jazz and French cafe music, he said.

Accordion music was no longer popular ... for “Blue Moon” and “The Tennessee Waltz ” and “The Beer Barrel Polka.” His audiences tap their toes or nod their heads as they listen ...