Gaylord Klancnik has been given the Lifetime Achievement Award by the National Cleveland Style Polka Hall of Fame. The event took place in Euclid, Ohio during Thanksgiving weekend 2007 at Awards Show XX. Joey Miskulin and Jelse Vos presented the award which was accepted by the entire Klancnik family. To learn more about Gaylord Klancnik click here.

The "Klancnik and Friends" Band have re-established themselves in the polka field with a loud bang! With the additions of Brian O'Boyle, Jerry Zagar, Brian Wiater, and Ed Rodick III... the sky is the limit for this young and powerful group. To learn more about the band click here.

Our new jazz project that features world-renowned accordionist, Julien Labro, has finally been released. It is called "Jazz Wagon" and showcases some of the best young jazz musicians from the Detroit area. The music is very progressive and it is a quantum leap for the accordion in this genre. For more information on this recording click here.

The KNF Band has just recorded 4 tracks for Kevin Solecki's upcoming CD. Kevin was formerly a member of The Polka Family Band and his last project was nominated for a Grammy in 2006. Two of our cuts (Hey There Good Looking and The June Night Waltz) will feature the vocals of Mollie Busta.

The KNF Band has finished producing two polkas for Canada's Polka King, Walter Ostanek. The songs (Korby's Polka & Perko's Polka) will appear on his next two major releases in 2007 and 2008. The tracking took place at Ranch Recordings and mixing was done by Gary Rhamy at Peppermint Productions. These tracks are the first ones to feature Brian O'Boyle on accordion for a Walter Ostanek project.

I recently had the honor of playing drums on a session for Disney / Pixar films. This great opportunity was given to me by my pal, Joey Miskulin, and is a polka written by Joey called "Rust-eze Polka!" It is in the animated film "Cars" and was a summer-blockbuster success.

What was supposed to be my Father's next project has, with great sadness, turned out to be a tribute album. It will consist of all the material we were previously working on, with some additional special tracks. To learn more about the life of Gaylord Klancnik, click here.

I was awarded as "Musician of the Year - Sidemen" for 2006 by The National Cleveland Style Polka Hall Of Fame. This is the second time I've won the award (2003) and I would like to thank all of the members who voted for me

Joey Miskulin contracted me to do the graphic design for the latest Riders In The Sky album. It is called "LIVE! FROM THE GOLDEN AGE OF RIDERS RADIO THEATRE" and is currently available through their web site: www.ridersinthesky.com