That was not the case when Austrian volksmusik group Die Jungen Weststeirer performed in Central Washington in mid-October. The five-piece band, which plays a Slovenian form of polka-like alpine folk ...

One city in Europe has had enough of the hoopla, and has declared itself a Mozart-Free Zone. Fred Child has that story, and we have some non-Mozart Austrian music that might make you wish for more ...

For the last 18 years, Austrian self-described purveyors of “Russian turbo polka metal” Russkaja have leveraged a Soviet-era look and wild sound to ply their craft. They even released their latest ...

Pat Barrera hadn’t been out to see her favorite music in a while. But when she sat at a table on a recent Sunday to watch the 55th Annual Chicago Festival of Polka Bands in Orland Park, the bands ...

If you’re going to travel thousands of miles across an ocean to an entirely new continent, you expect things to look a little different when you get there. That was not the case when Austrian ...