Lara St. John
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Violinist Lara St. John has built a reputation playing Bach, Vivaldi, Corigliano and now even, polka music. The Canadian-born, New York-based violinist joins us today to perform live and to share her latest recordings: one pairing Vivaldi and Piazzolla and another titled Polkastra, a classical-world-roots super-group with a dose of polka beats.
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You want a giant accordian?!
Check this out!:
http://www.bard.edu/ccs/exhibitions/museum/marclay/
if you talk about polka, you must mention the accordian, of course...
and what better way than to talk about a giant accordian:
http://www.letspolka.com/2009/02/giant-accordion-on-the-loose/
any witnessess to this wonder out there?
If Polka is less popular (according to the Recording Academy) than Classical, then ...?
June 5, 2009
Polka Music Is Eliminated as Grammy Award Category
By BEN SISARIO
After 24 years, polka has had its last dance at the Grammys.
The Recording Academy, which bestows the Grammy Awards, announced late on Wednesday that the polka category would be eliminated, saying in a statement that it had been cut “to ensure the awards process remains representative of the current musical landscape.”
To many in the polka world, that read as a kind of industry code meaning that their genre — once capable of supporting artists with million-selling hits, but long since relegated to micro-niche status — had slipped off the mainstream radar entirely.
What about the Beach Boys & the 4 Seasons? They were white & active before Beatles.
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