After several years, ostanek became a popular entertainer in southern ontario, performing slovenianstyle also known as clevelandstyle polkas and waltzes. Slovenian radio stations and radio programs cleveland. Wi tangos ballroom polkas united music by polkas101. It is organized and broadcast live by by radiotelevision slovenia rtv slovenia and has in contrast to other similar festivals only 12 bands chosen to appear on its stage, 6 for each category polka and waltz. Slovenian radio stations and radio programs cleveland slovenian. We are a 501c3 notforprofit site dedicated to the promotion and preservation of polka music. Polish style polka music free internet radio tunein. With more than 15 million views for the official a cappella africa performance video since its publishing on youtube in may 2009 until september 20. The center column provides links to the live broadcast over the internet just select the format that you preferreal audio, windows media win. Above that link is a list of the bands we have that make up the 106 videos on our page.
We didnt realize until yesterday that when you try to listen to our archived shows, if you listened on new internet explorer, chrome or safari, all of the shows played at once. Song is avseniks klic z gora valcek, mountain call waltz. You see, its really gratifying to see people having a good time as theyre listening or dancing to their favorite polka after a hard day at work. For those who missed the live broadcast of the funeral services, you have the chance to see it all below. The best of slovenian syle polka by the slovenian polka. The lifetime achiever was a polka pioneer for slovenian style music and polka radio and will be missed by all. Slovenian polka and waltz festival, launched in 1995, is probably the most prestigious folk pop music festival in slovenia. The slovenian style polka in the united states of america came about when immigrants from slovenia taught the old songs to their children. The tempo of the dance is moderately fast and is set in a duple meter of 24. The composer of film scores for 170 films was bojan adamic 19121995 folk music vocal. Born in duparquet, quebec in 1935, his family moved to st. Slovenia, officially the republic of slovenia, is a country in southern central europe bordering italy to the west, the adriatic sea to the southwest, croatia to the south and east, hungary to the northeast, and austria to the north.
The left column below is the name of the radio station with a link to their web site if applicable. Although all of the styles are driven by the accordion, in slovenianstyle the accordion plays the melody line. Bobby timko at the croation center, eastlake, ohio in 2004. Fantastic sounds with ted maksmowicz and his orchestra. A live broadcast from club 505 from 1959 can be heard on youtube. Thousands gathered to pay their respects and say goodbye to this musical legend. In the minds of many slovenes and foreigners, slovenian folk music means a form of polka that is still popular today, especially among expatriates and their descendants in the area of cleveland, ohio. Can you tell the difference between polish and slovenian polka. Practice at home, then step out onto the dance floor with confidence. Get youtube premium get youtube tv best of youtube. Cello, string trio, string orchestra easybeginner digital download composed by traditional slovenian folk song. The best of slovenian syle polka please retry amazon music unlimited.
Playing polka music for polka dancers and audiences has been a passion of the walter ostanek band for over 50 years. Ted maksymowicz performs first rate polkas from poland. The music of slovenia is closely related to austrian and northern italian music because of its common history and alpine and littoral culture, and in some southern regions to croatian especially istrian. The national clevelandstyle polka hall of fame museumlocated at 605 east 222nd street, euclid, ohio, is filled with artifacts and memorabilia from polka stars of yesterday and today. Polkas, polka videos, free polka music, polka cruise and polka band polka hall of fame players. You can click on the link at the bottom of this page for a direct link to our slovenian style polka videos. Can you tell the difference between polish and slovenian. Expertly compiled, remastered and annotated, this collection will not only be indispensible to the worldwide slovenian community it will also be a source of pleasure to lovers of folk music everywhere. With the commercial success of frankie yankovic and other musicians cleveland style polka music was. Jolly musicians polka instrumental norbie baker and his polka boys 78 rpm record blue ribbon polka instrumental louie bashell and his orchestra. To us, playing polkas is the greatest job in the world. Listen to free internet radio, sports, music, news, talk and podcasts. Slovenian traditional stoparjeva polka stopar polka. Slovenian polka and waltz festival culture of slovenia.
Polka is a music and dance style that originated in europe in the 1830s and came to american. The polka is a lively central european dance and also a genre of dance music familiar throughout europe and the americas. Among pop, rock, industrial, and indie musicians the most popular in slovenia include laibach, an early 1980s industrial music group, and most recently the slovenian pop a cappella band perpetuum jazzile pop, rock, metal, and indie music. While the winning song in each category is chosen by. Slovenian is like a folk melody with a quick tempo throughout, she said. Rural harmony singing is a deep rooted tradition in slovenia, and is at least threepart singing four voices, while in some regions even up to eightpart singing nine voices. Polka music polka videos walter ostanek polka band. Those children, as adults, translated the old songs from the slovene language into english, and arranged them in a polka beat. Chardon polka band oj, maricka pegla slovenian polka duration. Listen to your favorite songs from the best of slovenian syle polka by the slovenian polka kingas now. Greatest alltime clevelandstyle polka and waltz hits. Click to download an order form or call us at 515 6648405.
Puras polkas al estilo terre sign in to like videos, comment, and subscribe. Recorded using protools at grandmas stara mamas 100th birthday. Throughout the 19th century it became quite popular in both europe and the united states. Hello and welcome to the official website of the slovenian melodies radio show.
In the minds of many foreigners, slovenian folk music means a form of polka that is still popular today, especially among expatriates and their descendants in north america. We are proud to be part of the rotation of polka parade disc jockeys as we continue to broadcast five times a week on we will also continue to maintain this website as long as possible and as long as we know that polka fans are visiting the site. Learn to dance the high energy polka with dancelovers top rated teaching system that makes learning even the most difficult steps easy. Stoparjeva polka stopar polka play streams in full or download mp3 from classical archives, the largest and best organized classical music site on the web. The most influential figure in slovenianamerican polka is frankie yankovic, who helped. This program is an intellectual property of polkast llc. Slovenian style polka also known as cleveland style polka is an american style of polka in the slovenian tradition. National clevelandstyle polka hall of fame cleveland. Slovenia is located in the northern reaches of the adriatic sea, having been part of jugoslavia for many years. Repertoire, classroom, folk, european, childrens music. Kenneth plays slovensk polka slovenia polka zivio polka.
Polka buttonbox group drustvo ljubiteljev1 slovenefest 2010. It is usually associated with cleveland and other midwestern cities. A young ostanek received his first accordion as a gift in 1944. The funeral of worldrenowned slovenian musician, slavko avsenik, was held today, july 7, 2015 in begunje na gorenjskem. In the minds of many foreigners, slovenian folk music means a form of polka that is still popular. Goodtime radio wrjq polka music, streaming live from appleton, wisconsin the heart of the polka belt. However, there are many styles of slovenian folk music beyond polka, and waltz. The clevelandstyle polka has its roots in slovenian folk music, but the influence of american musicians has given it universal appeal and popularity. Wausau, wi tangos ballroom polkas united music by polkas101. Greatest alltime hit songs clevelandstyle polka and waltz hits members of the american slovenian polka foundation are asked to submit nominations for annual, lifetime achievement, and greatest alltime clevelandstyle polka and waltz hits awards to the foundation. Our antivirus scan shows that this download is clean.
This will open another window for your choice of media player. Heres their music indelibly itself, yet uniquely american. Polka music polka polka cruise music polkas polkas. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile.
In the minds of many foreigners, slovenian folk music means a form. It originated in the middle of the 19th century in the czech lands and is still a common genre in swedish, lithuanian, czech, polish, dutch, german, hungarian, austrian, russian, slovenian and slovakian folk music. Lender, stajeris, mafrine and saltin are a few of the traditional music styles and dances. Featuring the best in polka music with slovenianclevelandstyle flair, multiple djs bring to you eclectic perspectives each week. The polka is a dance that originated in bohemia around 1830.
The mission of the minnesota group is to preserve slovenian music and cultural heritage. The most popular versions among the software users are 3. Full circle, the chicago push and a marion lush tribute at sea. Puras polkas al estilo terre skip navigation sign in. Stream live events, live playbyplay nfl, mlb, nba, nhl, college football, ncaa basketball, and premier league matches. Provided to youtube by cdbaby slovenian home polka frankie yankovic button box favorites. Na planincah, and polster tanc slovenian folk music by gavrilopresto. The music of slovenia is closely related to german, austrian and croatian because of its common history and alpine and littoral culture. Check the al meixner albums pages or the new cds page to see list of songs and to order. Almost all dances except for polka begin on the downbeat. Cika described how to tell the difference between slovenian and polish polka. The dance performed to it is a more natural 123 polka. Though the name of the troupe is indicative of the slovenian heritage, the group boasts a wide and varied number of nationalities.
Slovenian home polka national clevelandstyle polka hall. Navihanke from slovenia at concordia university duration. This pc software is developed for windows 78 environment, 32bit version. Stoparjeva polka stopar polka play streams in full or download mp3 from classical archives, the largest and. Greatest alltime hit songs clevelandstyle polka and waltz hits members of the americanslovenian polka foundation are asked to submit nominations for annual, lifetime achievement, and greatest alltime clevelandstyle polka and waltz hits awards to the foundation. With the commercial success of frankie yankovic and other musicians cleveland style polka music was soon introduced to a wider audience. Slovenia is an alpine country nestled between italy, austria, hungary, and croatia. The music of slovenia has affinities to the alpine musical styles of italy and austria. The crown princess will take us to the beautiful islands of aruba, curacao and princess cays.
Broken reed polka instrumental kenny bass and his polka poppers 78 rpm record sonnys polka instrumental kenny bass and his polka poppers. C afe slovenia was the previous name for the slovenianclevelandstyle segment of polka parade. Traditional music from slovenia played at a festival in ljubljana city center. Slovenian home polka mark leik, brian sklar and the western senators polkarama. National cleveland style polka hall of fame and museum, 605 east 222nd street, euclid, oh 44123, usa. The slovenian polka kingas the best of slovenian syle polka.