Even after 30 years as the leader of legendary area polka act Brave Combo, Carl Finch sounds like he’s just getting started. “Every year, there seems to be some kind of new carrot dangling in front of ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Police in Little Rock are searching for a former drummer for the Grammy Award-winning polka-rock band Brave Combo who hasn't been seen in two weeks. Police say Joe Cripps was ...

Earlier this year, the Chronicle's Andrew Dansby wrote of legendary polka band Brave Combo: There exists no greater invitation to dance than the music of Brave Combo. The Texas mainstay has been ...

Carl Finch sits behind three keyboards in the Brave Combo office. He’s pressing buttons to shift the beat on the smallest keyboard (with built-in vocal processor), recording a bass line on the second ...

IT ALL STARTED WITH THE GRAMMY. Two years ago Brave Combo touched off no small controversy when Polkasonic won best polka album, beating out such pillars of the traditional genre as Jimmy Sturr and ...

This Friday at Poor David’s Pub, Denton’s Grammy Award-winning polka band Brave Combo will play music introduced to America by immigrants and refugees. Mayor Mike Rawlings will be there. Band member ...

In its 31 years, Denton-based Brave Combo has tackled a world’s worth of musical styles: polka, pop, rock, rhumba, cumbia, jazz, classical, cha cha, samba and more. Fans will hear the band’s latest ...

Legendary band Brave Combo kicks off the fall concert season at Levitt Pavilion in Arlington when they take the stage Friday, Sept. 8. Brave Combo, the Denton-based quintet that has been rocking ...

Fly Naked with Peter Weller of RoboCop fame, Jimmie Vaughan & the Tilt-a-Whirl Band and Brave Combo will headline the three nights of the 43rd annual Denton Arts & Jazz Festival this fall. The free ...

Percussionist Joe Cripps has been missing since October 2016. A concert is being held on Friday — his birthday — at Dan’s Silverleaf in Denton. Ed Steele Courtesy Percussionist Joe Cripps, once a ...

Former Brave Combo percussionist Joe Cripps, third from the left, is shown playing with Brave Combo at McDavid Studio in 2008. Rachel Parker Star-Telegram Percussionist Joe Cripps, a former member of ...

When: 8 p.m. Saturday March 30. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Where: Royal Theater, 113 E. Main St. Information and Tickets: Royaltheater.org or 574-2489 It will be a night for a world of dancing when ...