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 St. Catharines, Ontario
  Influenced
by her
Slovenian heritage and the ever-present Cleveland-style music at home,
Kathy began playing the button accordion in 1982. In 1985, she became a founding member and the music director of the Lipa Park Button Box Club. In 2000 and 2002, the group won the coveted “Button Box Group of the Year” award from the Polka Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio. The Club recently retired after almost 20 eventful years. In the 1990s, Kathy could be seen performing with Nashville-based polka artist LynnMarie, and was a guest on her recordings “One Look”, “All Over It”, and the Grammy-nominated “SqueezeBox”.  In
past years, she has been featured as a strolling
musician at the
Spring Garden "Waldfest", and the Oak Shade Grove "German American
Festival". Lately, she can occasionally be seen providing
music for
the local Bavarian dance group, GTEV Alpenroesl. She is
currently
taking a leave of absence from personal appearances. Her name, Kathy ZAMMECK VOKED (or VOIT) is a little complicated, so her American polka friends began calling her KathyfromCanada, or KC, by which she is popularly known. |
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CD: "THE GIRL NEXT DOOR"
 In 2004, Kathy
released her debut solo CD "The Girl Next Door". It is an
anthology of her button box history, as the songs she chose represent
her ancestry, her influences, and her performing experiences.This recording garnered her a nomination for "Recording of the Year" by the National Cleveland-Style Polka Hall of Fame" in 2005, and helped her earn a nomination for "Individual Button Box Artist of the Year". Backing her with a driving, Cleveland-style beat is a group of talented musicians and vocalists from both Canada and the United States: Tom Brusky, Don Hunjadi, Joe LaBotz, Eric Noltkamper, Dave Skrajner, Warren Stirtzinger, Stan Szymkow, and Dan Wojtila. TRACK
LIST
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