Alpine music — and more specifically Polka and Oberkrainer — are considered ancient German. But what many people don't know is that the origin is not in the Bavarian or Swiss Alps but in Slovenia.

In Wisconsin, Minnesota and the Dakotas, where German, Bavarian and Czech immigrants arrived in droves, polka fast became the mainstream genre of music. Minnesota had become settled by 1900 and ...

is slated to play German music from 11 a.m. to noon. Copper Box, an Oshkosh-based, multi-genre quartet that plays polka, rock and blues will play from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. The Squeezettes ...

Today, countries worldwide party like its 1810 with German beer and cuisine, polka bands and folk dancing, while adding local elements that make each Oktoberfest unique. Here are eight annual ...

To have a music hall of fame in a German town, means a good chunk of your inductees are polka bands. Some, like Harold Loeffelmacher of the "6 Fat Dutchmen," even appeared on the Lawrence Welk ...