In the 2017 Netflix movie The Polka King, the popular Hollywood actor Jack Black stars as the Polish singer and band leader Jan Lewandowski, better known by his American stage name: Jan Lewan. The ...

Sinchak started his first band, the Polka Serenaders, with Joe Fedorchak when he was in eighth grade. But before Sinchak became a polka king, he was a Saint. WHOT-AM DJ Dick Biondi was doing ...

They needed musicians and musical groups to perform, and the “modern” polka band was born. They ranged from three people to 12 or more and typically consisted of drums; horns such as trumpets ...