List of polka artists

List of polka artists

This is a list of polka artists. It includes notable musicians and musical groups that play polka.

* Eläkeläiset
* Slavko Avsenik
* Eddie Blazonczyk, The Versatones
* Brave Combo, alternative, two-time Grammy Award winner
* Tom Brusky
* Finntroll (Note: This is not a standard polka band. On their Trollhammaren EP they combined elements of both Polka and Metal, to create a Folk-Metal-Polka sounding album.)
* Myron Floren
* FreezeDried
* Walt Groller
* Haunted Cologne
* Walter Jagiello - Li'l Wally
* The Knewz
* Global Kryner, Austrian band/pop/jazz/polka
* Harold Loeffelmacher, Dutchman/Oompah
* Loituma
* The Mad Maggies (Ska Polka) (California)
* Walter Ostanek, Canada, three-time Grammy Award winner, Slovenian-Canadian
* Polkacide, San Francisco punk-polka band
* POLKAHOLIX (Berlin Speed Polka) (Germany)
* The Mike Schneider Polka Band, Slovenian-style polka band from Milwaukee, WI
* Jimmy Sturr, United States, fifteen Grammy Awards
* Lawrence Welk
* "Weird Al" Yankovic (Every studio album except his self-titled debut and "Even Worse" has a polka medley on it of popular music)
* Frankie Yankovic, Slovenian-American
* Whoopee John Wilfahrt
* Six Fat Dutchmen
* Happy Louie and Julcia's Polka Band


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