After his show airs on WPNA 1490 AM Sunday morning, Keith Stras is hanging up his headphones and turning off his microphone a final time at his in-home studio in Elgin and retiring from the local ...

Keith G. Stras is on a mission to save polka, which is to say he has his work cut out for him. The demographic outlook for the music is bleak: young people are not embracing polka, and as for the old ...

BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. (CBS)-- Eddie Blazonczyk, the man known as Chicago's polka king, has died at the age of 70. A news release says Blazonczyk died Monday. He was born in Chicago to Polish immigrant ...

Some children follow in their parents’ footsteps, while others march to a different beat. Keith Stras is one of the marchers. And the beat is that of the polka. “There have been a lot of jokes made ...

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One of Chicago's most popular interactive museums is getting a giant, new, immersive exhibit -- and it's all about polka dots. Beginning next month, a bright yellow, three-story, immersive infinity ...

A legendary Chicago polka musician has died. Eddie Blazonczyk Sr., the leader of the Grammy-winning Versatones, died Monday at Palos Community Hospital. He was 70. Blazonczyk recorded dozens of polka ...

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So, we just learned about Vlasta – Chicago’s self proclaimed “Polka Queen.” Actually, she calls herself the “International Queen of Polka.” Semantics aside, Vlasta was on WBBM radio the other day, ...