One of the Northland’s most-loved icons in both music and state government, Florian Chmielewski has died. He was 97. According to his daughter Patty, Florian passed away on April 23, 2024 at home, ...

DULUTH – This past February, celebrated accordion player Florian Chmielewski played his own 97th birthday party at the Cloquet VFW — and even tacked on a few more gigs after that in nearby Cromwell, ...

Learn about the history of polka music in Minnesota. Polka has been part of Minnesota’s rich music history for a long time. In this half-hour special, learn about Minnesota’s polka music scene. Polka ...

In the McLeod County History Museum, there’s a plaque on the wall near the entrance to the west wing that reads “No power on earth has the ability to move people like the spirit of music.” The quote ...

What was old and boring has become fresh … even fun. The transformation started when the car radio stumbled upon "The Mighty 920,'' a Faribault station that sometimes plays polka music, delivers news ...

NEW PRAGUE, Minn. (WCCO) -- Whoever invented the polka is responsible for a lot of happy moments. That toe-tapping music was introduced in Prague -- in what used to be Czechoslovakia -- nearly two ...

WINTON -- The polka lovers were hoping for some new blood. Not that the people who hustled out on a dance floor at the edge of Fall Lake near Winton on Saturday afternoon were complaining -- they did, ...

After playing more shows during Homegrown Music Festival than should be humanly possible, Actual Wolf returns for another. The smooth-voiced alt-country-rock band featuring Eric Pollard plays ...