In 2013 and 2014, Blau, a professor of film at UW-Milwaukee, traversed Wisconsin with Rick March, an author, musician and musicologist from Madison. Blau and March, whose book, Polka Heartland, is ...

Known as "Lou" to his polka fans, Wisconsin Polka Hall of Fame winner Gene Allen, 81, of McFarland, holds a Sousaphone made in the 1920s. He purchased the instrument in 1953, and about 10 years ago ...

PULASKI (AP) -- The dancers who polka-dotted the floor at Zielinski's Ballroom on Wednesday weren't just out to have fun. They were upholding the law. In the village that was declared Wisconsin's ...

Smithsonian Folkways: SF 40088 (on container: SF CD 40088). Polkas and other dance music performed by 7 Wisconsin polka bands. All selections previously released. Program notes by Richard March (28 p.