Some say they're being sold for scrap metal. But police say more likely it has something to do with banda, a kind of tuba-heavy Mexican polka music that has become very popular around L.A. It's so ...

It's part of our heritage. It's extremely Midwest," Mike Chaltry, who plays the tuba said. The five-member group has been doing polka their way for the past eight years -- but who's counting?

He's 85 years old and he's been playing the tuba in polka bands, orchestras and various musical groups for six decades. Goeden played with Jerry Goetsch, an International Polka Association Hall ...

Spring is the season for reconditioning polka feet as toe-tapping festivals pop up from Wisconsin Dells to Oconomowoc. “By June, all hell breaks loose” with regard to bookings, says “Tuba ...

“That’s how I found polka,” said Brazier, who picked up a tuba in his new band. “I wanted to make it like a guitar. I wanted to be cool and hip." A flamboyant performer with a distinctive ...