| Howdy, Texas music fans! Great thing about music is that you can listen to it anywhere! But we miss our dancing community and hope we will be scootin’ our boots and kickin’ up our heels in dance halls, festival pavilions, and church picnic fields soon! Texas Polka News and polkabeat.com promises to keep you informed as to events being canceled as we all work to stay safe from the Coronavirus. We update the schedule daily. When in doubt please call the venue or organization to make sure events are still taking place. Until then check out these YouTube channels to help you polka on! Mollie B & Squeezebox, Alex Meixner Band, Buttonboxes by Walt Harfmann, George Weber, and The Manaccordionist Kelsey Lien. |
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A plaque in the lobby of the Lawrence Welk Museum proclaims: “A total of 10,300,000,000 people! (That’s 10.3 BILLION!) have tuned in” to the TV show.
By Gary E. Mckee
"Texas old-time fiddling instilled the spirit of Texas music pioneers in my son, Jonathan, and I.
Recognized as “the longest continuously playing German band outside of Germany,” the Boerne Village Band proudly presents its 160th Anniversary celebration at this year’s Summer Abend
Many people would agree that one of the most beautiful things to see is a young musician carrying on a style of music that everyone loves. Mason Krause, surely does that superbly.
By Justin Everett
Columns & Opinions
Howdy, Texas music fans! Great thing about music is that you can listen to it anywhere!
By Theresa Cernoch Parker
Doug Kershaw was born in 1936 and raised in a musical family on a houseboat near Louisiana’s Calcasieu River, which makes him the real deal on being Cajun.
The Essential Johnny Cash, is the perfect title for this album because it displays Johnny's musical abilities through the decades of his career.
By Justin Everett
Texas Polka News
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