Jerry and Bev Minar of New Prague, Minnesota have re-opened their restaurant. The Landmark Cafe has a concertina theme with a museum-like display of instruments and concertina-related materials. Be certain to stop-in and enjoy the good food and the concertina display!

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Josh Sellner, the manufacturer of the Supreme Concertina, has created a blog where he documents the steps to produce a chemnitzer concertina. Check out Confessions of a Concertina Maker to follow his progress!

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State of the Re:Union visits Milwaukee's last polka bar, Kochanski's Concertina Beer Hall. The owner believes that keeping the live polka tradition at the venue is important but has also branched out to host surf, rockabilly and country bands as well.

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As most Polish music fans already know, a large majority of the Polish songs we play actually originated in Poland. However, we rarely get to hear what these songs might have sounded like a century ago, in the small villages and towns they're from.

Thankfully, Troy Gawlak decided to start a little project to present the origins of some of these songs in their original forms and styles from Poland.

I encourage all the Polish music lovers to visit Where Polkas Come From. It never hurts to reflect on the roots of our favorite music and take everyone back beyond where most our memories can reach. Back to the era our Dziadeks, Babcias, and Pradziadkowie remember from the old country.

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