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    May 23, 2019
    Submitted photo Since becoming a McKnight Fellow, audiences in Minnesota are discovering the music of Siama Matuzungidi, who grew up in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and performed in Uganda, Kenya, Japan and Dubai before arriving in Minnesota.
    Music that takes his soul: Master of soukous to perform in Willmar region in June
    NEW LONDON — Here's the path Siama Matuzungidi took to get from stardom to obscurity. He started in the Democractic Republic of Congo,...
    entertainmentMay 23, 2019 - 1:27pm
    May 17, 2019
    FILE PHOTO — Britney Spears performs at Jones Beach Theater in Wantagh, N.Y., June 27, 2000. (G. Paul Burnett/Copyright 2019 The New York Times)
    The battle of Britney Spears
    Britney Spears walked out of a Los Angeles courtroom last week wearing a red skirt, black T-shirt and no shoes. Moments earlier, in a closed...
    entertainmentMay 17, 2019 - 3:30pm
    May 9, 2019
    Young Artists' orchestra concert is Saturday in Willmar
    WILLMAR — The Willmar Area Symphonic Orchestra presents its Young Artists' Concert at 7 p.m. Saturday at WEAC in Willmar. The concert...
    entertainment/musicMay 9, 2019 - 9:06am
    April 29, 2019
    Jazz guitarist Sam Miltich of Grand Rapids didn't let his schizophrenia diagnosis derail his career or keep him from functioning as a husband and father. He'll be performing with his band and sharing his story in a concert next month at Denfeld High School in Duluth. sammiltichmusic.com
    Grand Rapids guitarist, diagnosed with schizophrenia, uses his music to encourage others
    DULUTH -- Sam Miltich thought about ending his life not because he was sad, he says, but to save the world. “I held this belief that I was...
    lifestyle/healthApril 29, 2019 - 10:17pm
    April 24, 2019
    Eddie Adams rehearses at George Mason University. Washington Post photo by Jahi Chikwendiu.
    'I've been crying all day...happy tears': Young cellist with tormented past is in disbelief at $140,000 in donations
    Eddie Adams didn't have the money to buy college textbooks this semester, so he had to rely on his classmates at George Mason University to loan...
    entertainment/musicApril 24, 2019 - 10:39am
    April 11, 2019
    West Central Connection Chorus
    'Rockin' the Shop' barbershop chorus spring show is Saturday in Willmar
    WILLMAR — The West Central Connection Barbershop Chorus presents its spring show "Rockin' the Shop" at 4 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday at WEAC...
    entertainment/musicApril 11, 2019 - 9:03am
    April 9, 2019
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    Billie Eilish's casually morbid music defined Gen Z. Now she has No. 1 Billboard debut.
    Who is Billie Eilish? The question is as provocative as those the 17-year-old poses in her first studio album, "When We All Fall Asleep, Where...
    entertainment/musicApril 9, 2019 - 2:36pm
    March 21, 2019
    Erica Dischino / Tribune Kashimana Ahua speaks about being the composer-in-residence for In Common, a year-long community songwriting project in Willmar.
    Celebrating what we have in common through music in Willmar
    WILLMAR — For the past several months, residents of the Willmar area have been discovering and sharing their musical and songwriting talents...
    entertainment/musicMarch 21, 2019 - 9:02am
    March 10, 2019
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    What does copyright infringement sound like?
    What do Pharrell Williams, Vanilla Ice and Ed Sheeran have in common? They've all been accused of plagiarism.Vanilla Ice and Williams were both...
    entertainment/musicMarch 10, 2019 - 1:13pm
    February 28, 2019
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    'Fish Tales' orchestra concert is Sunday in Willmar
    WILLMAR — The Willmar Area Symphonic Orchestra will present "Fish Tales," a concert for the whole family, at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 3, at...
    entertainment/musicFebruary 28, 2019 - 8:33am
    February 22, 2019
    Jimmie Allen is 'excited and sad' to be the first black country singer to launch a career with a No. 1 hit
    If getting a No. 1 hit on country radio is a big deal, it's an especially rare feat when it's a singer's first-ever single. Yet that's exactly...
    entertainmentFebruary 22, 2019 - 11:26am
    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...
    entertainmentFebruary 5, 2019 - 2:57pm
    February 2, 2019
    Tommy (left) and Jeff (right) Vee with their dad, the late Bobby Vee. Special to The Forumplay button
    '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/musicFebruary 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/columnsFebruary 2, 2019 - 11:55am
    December 27, 2018
    Erica Dischino/Tribune 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/eventsDecember 27, 2018 - 12:15pm
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