MINNEAPOLIS — A man inspired by a Minnesota polka legend is keeping the art of twin-trumpet playing alive. Several years ago, David Swanson saw a story about Wally Pikal on KARE 11. Swanson made a ...

Video: James Kulas plays two trumpets at once Jackson native, James Kulas demonstrates how he plays two trumpets at once through a special mouthpiece he made himself. Kulas has played not only polka, ...

LINWOOD, MI-- Polka's ultimate utility man is heading to the hall of fame. After 40 years of tooting his trumpet, thumping a bass and bowing the fiddle, Gary Mueller, of Linwood, who has graced stages ...

For 18 years the trumpet was tucked in the deep part of the attic, an heirloom of memory. Bob Frydryk was 20, about to start his career as a policeman in his hometown of Palmer, when he put the ...

Ignoring the advice of music teachers who feared he was too young, Wally Dombrowski began trumpet lessons when he was only five. His parents, both of Polish heritage, brought Wally to polka shows when ...

MAYVILLE – The American Legion of Theresa #270 will host Musical Brass from 1 to 5 p.m. on Saturday, April 7 at the Mayville Park Pavilion, 475 Park Road. Musical Brass began over 35 years ago and ...

This trumpet-tooter is Romy Gosz (pronounced gauze), self-styled “Polka King.” He is pictured serenading three newly married couples at a Bluestone Park, Wis. dance last week as 1,357 polka-addicts ...