October 2008
Klancnik and Friends has been nominated for "Band of the Year" by the voters of the National Cleveland Style Polka Hall of Fame. In addition to this, Brian O'Boyle has been nominated for "Musician of the Year" and Pam and Jerry Zagar have been nominated for the "Support and Promotion" category. The awards show takes place on Thanksgiving weekend in Cleveland, Ohio. For information on becoming a member please visit www.polkafame.com.

July 2008
The Klancnik & Friends band's first original single "Black Magic" will be featured on the new "Polkas for Charity" release. The CD is titled "Polka Fever" and features original material from some of the biggest names in American polka music. Artists featured on the project include Jimmy Sturr, Polka Family, Polka Country Musicians, Dynabrass, The Versatones, Freeze Dried, and many others. This is the second album in the "Polkas for Charity" series and the profits are being donated to St. Jude Childrens Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. For more information and online ordering please visit www.polkasforcharity.com.

June 2008
The new Alex Meixner recording "Family Tradition" has now been delivered. Alex and his father, Al, recorded and mixed the project. Ranch Recordings and Ed Klancnik were responsible for the album mastering and the entire media package artwork. This is Alex's follow up CD to his Grammy nominated project with Bubba Hernandez, "Polka Freak Out."

May 2008
We've just completed the graphic design for Denis Novato's and Joe Rodio's new CD releases. Both projects are being released on the Kravos Recording label and will be coming out in the summer of 2008.

April 2008
KNF's new version of the cover song "Korby's Polka" is slated to be released on the new Walter Ostanek album that is coming out in August 2008. It was written by Frankie Kramer (Kramer's Polka) in the late 1960's and featured one of my mentors, Jack Ponikvar on drums.

March 2008
Ranch Recordings has completed the mastering job for the new Copper Box CD. The album is titled "Need A Little Squeezing" and is available from numerous sources. Danny Jerabak is a phenominal musician and the band is a mix of polka, rock, zydeco and tejano stylings. They were featured in commercials for the national television show "American Band" and the group has developed quite a following among young fans in the upper-midwest and Texas.

January 2008
The Ranch Recordings studio has just undergone a significant equipment overhaul. This upgrade includes microphones, preamps, speakers, cabling, interfaces, computers and media software. The studio now offers gear by names like Universal Audio, Trident, JBL, RME, Presonus and Mogami. This is in addition to a custom set of hand made Lawson microphones which are soon on the way!

November 2007
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.

August 2007
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.

April 2007
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.

March 2007
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

February 2007
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.

November 2006
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.