Folk musician and Godfrey Daniels co-founder Dave Fry and the late polka legend "Jolly" Joe Timmer are among artists who will be honored for their outstanding contributions to the region's music scene ...

You can't find two big-time musicians with two bigger differences in attitude about the Grammy awards than our local winners: the Village of Florida's polka king, Jimmy Sturr, who won Best Polka Album ...

Sure, summer's technically nine days away, but it's never too early to make your summer music festival plans. The Dispatch's guide to 23 festivals in the area and region is bookended by two events ...

Sure, some teens might fit into convenient categories – geeks and goths and jocks and such. But Becky Livermore, who will be at the Great Lakes Folk Festival on ...

Musikfest has grown like a wildflower since the festival premiered in 1984. The laid-back vibe has been replaced by a frenetic buzz — like an acoustic guitar gone electric. On the 25th anniversary of ...

O'Malley's Luck plays tonight for the Illowa Community Folk Dance Series. The 14th season of traditional dances continues at 7:30 p.m. the first Friday of each month in Singing Bird Lodge, Black Hawk ...

An immigration enforcement raid on Manhattan’s Canal Street was met by droves of angry New Yorkers Tuesday night, with one person in particular emerging afterward as an unlikely protagonist: ...

Cindy Loman, the News & Record features editor and editor of 1808: Greensboro's magazine, interviewed members of Pan Franek, Zosia & the Polka Towners this afternoon at the National Folk Festival. The ...

Nine years after a businessman bought the Kutztown Pennsylvania Dutch Folk Festival and eight years after he moved it out of its namesake town, he announced Wednesday it has folded and its wares, and ...