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February 5, 2019

"American Pie" singer-songwriter Don McLean. United Artists

60 years after 'the day the music died,' Buddy Holly continues to live on through 'American Pie'

Buddy Holly was 22 years old when he died in a plane crash 60 years ago this week. Ritchie Valens was 17, and Jiles Perry Richardson Jr. (aka...

entertainment February 5, 2019 - 2:57pm

February 2, 2019

Tommy (left) and Jeff (right) Vee with their dad, the late Bobby Vee. Special to The Forum

'The Day the Music Died' en route to Moorhead, a star named Bobby Vee was born

Sixty years ago this morning, 15-year-old Fargoan Robert Velline went to school with a ticket in his hand for that night’s Winter Dance Party...

entertainment/music February 2, 2019 - 3:55pm

Commentary: Dear Mariah Carey and other celebrities: Stop performing in Saudi Arabia

Four months after the murder of Jamal Khashoggi inside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, the Saudi regime is trying its hardest to pretend nothing...

opinion/columns February 2, 2019 - 11:55am

December 27, 2018

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Deb Wessling sings with the audience during a holiday-themed beer choir at Goat Ridge Brewery in New London.

Beer choir in New London: 'It's not weird at all'

NEW LONDON — In a well-churched state like Minnesota it's no surprise that singing in a choir is a celebrated activity. Combine that with...

community/events December 27, 2018 - 12:15pm

November 16, 2018

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Best man Noel Paul Stookey, left, and groom Peter Yarrow assist Mary Beth McCarthy Yarrow into a car following the Saturday evening wedding 49 years ago.

Fall wedding drew prying eyes: McCarthy/Yarrow nuptials inspired classic song

community/people November 16, 2018 - 4:10pm

November 6, 2018

File photo of recording artist Rihanna during the third quarter in game one of the 2017 NBA Finals between the Golden State Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers at Oracle Arena. Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports

Rihanna sends cease-and-desist-letter so Trump stops playing her songs at his 'tragic rallies'

Rihanna has made it official. The singer, who tweeted Sunday that she didn't want her music associated with Donald President Trump's "tragic...

news/government-and-politics November 6, 2018 - 3:04pm

October 29, 2018

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Todd Green plays a tombak or zarb from Iran during a presentation Monday at the Willmar Education and Arts Center for Kennedy Elementary School students.

A global sound: Willmar students hear musician play instruments from around the world

WILLMAR — Students from Kennedy Elementary School listened to and learned about instruments from all over the world during a presentation...

community/events October 29, 2018 - 9:12pm

October 19, 2018

File photo of recording artist Rihanna during the third quarter in game one of the 2017 NBA Finals between the Golden State Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers at Oracle Arena. Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports

Rihanna reportedly turned down Super Bowl halftime show in support of Colin Kaepernick

Last month, word broke that the NFL had tabbed Maroon 5 to perform at halftime of next year's Super Bowl LIII. It was a perfectly safe choice...

sports/football October 19, 2018 - 11:43am

October 9, 2018

Taylor Swift photo from Wikimedia Commons.

The far right melts down over Taylor Swift's endorsement of Democrats

Taylor Swift's declaration that she plans to vote for Democrats next month fell like a hammer across the Trump-worshipping subforums of the far-right...

news/government-and-politics October 9, 2018 - 9:47am

September 21, 2018

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Suge Knight helped create gangster rap. Now he's facing up to 28 years for a 2015 fatal hit-and-run.

On the January morning in 2015 when he turned himself in to police in West Hollywood for his role in a deadly hit-and-run, gangster rap mogul...

news/crime-and-courts September 21, 2018 - 7:04am

September 17, 2018

Carrie Underwood as Maria in NBC's 2013 production of "The Sound of Music Live!" MUST CREDIT: Nino Munoz, NBC

Carrie Underwood speaks out about the pain of three miscarriages

Facing what she worried was going to be her fourth miscarriage in less than two years, country music star Carrie Underwood said she curled up...

community/people September 17, 2018 - 12:56pm

September 15, 2018

The story of 'Baby Shark': How toddlers around the world made a K-pop earworm go viral

They sing it at day care: Baby shark, doo doo doo doo doo doo. They sing it in their rear-facing car seats: Mama shark, doo doo doo doo doo doo....

lifestyle/family September 15, 2018 - 9:09am

September 12, 2018

Kris Vox of Hairball performs Prince at their July 3 Bayfront Festival Park concert in Duluth. Eric Sherman / Special to Forum News Service

Hairball's use of makeup for Prince portrayal raises concerns

The Minnesota-based arena rock tribute band Hairball prides itself on near-identical portrayals of icons like Alice Cooper. So when a white vocalist...

entertainment/music September 12, 2018 - 4:39pm

September 5, 2018

Kanye West at the Kids See Ghosts listening party in Santa Clarita, Calif., June 8, 2018. Kanye’s last two years have included wild stretches of chaos, public trauma, divisive flirtations with partisan politics, and health struggles that played out both in public and in private. (Julian Berman/Copyright 2018 The New York Times)

Keeping up with the Kanye West apology tour, from slavery comments to Drake

Admitting fault and seeking redemption. This is the road that Kanye West is apparently attempting to travel. Months after becoming a tangential...

entertainment/music September 5, 2018 - 10:44pm

September 4, 2018

Alex Frecon poses with the Aerial Lift Bridge in Duluth. Special to Forum News Service

If you're a Minnesotan, this music video is for you

MINNEAPOLIS — Alex Frecon was tired of explaining. A proud native of the western suburbs of the Twin Cities, Frecon, who currently lives...

entertainment/music September 4, 2018 - 11:22am