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Written by MESFIN FEKADU AP Music Writer

Published: 16 April 2020

Dr. Elvis Francois, an orthopedic surgery resident at the Mayo Clinic, records a song at Carpet booth studio in SE Rochester, Minn. (Evan Schlee via AP) 

Two years after becoming an unlikely singing sensation, the 34-year-old doctor with a golden voice is releasing his first-ever EP on Friday

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Written by MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer

Published: 03 April 2020

 

Hits like "Lean On Me," "Lovely Day" and “Ain’t No Sunshine” are the three-time Grammy Award winner's legacy in music

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Written by MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer

Published: 02 March 2020

 

Public Enemy "will be moving forward without Flavor Flav," the band said in a brief statement Sunday

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Written by The Skanner News

Published: 19 February 2020

Charlie Rouse, Jr. arrives in Portland 

Charlie "Chico" Rouse Jr. will be at Rythm Traders located at 3904 NE MLK Blvd with Mel Brown Wednesday, February 19, 6:30-7:00 filming an impromptu in-store jam session

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Written by The Skanner News

Published: 22 January 2020

Music To Be Murdered By [Explicit]Eminem 

The Detroit rapper's new music video for "Darkness," one of the album's 20 tracks, depicts a shooting at a concert and ends with a call for changes to gun laws

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Written by The Skanner News

Published: 19 January 2020

 

The jazz trailblazer will perform his 2011 release, The Seven Deadly Sins, with a full jazz orchestra

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Written by Saundra Sorenson

Published: 16 January 2020

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Angela Brown to give free performance of ‘Opera from a Sistah’s Point of View’ Jan. 20 in Portland

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Written by The Skanner News staff

Published: 15 December 2019

National Museum of African American Music 

The National Museum of African American Music is calling on visual artists to submit original artwork for consideration as permanent installations within the museum

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Written by Juan A. Lozano Associated Press

Published: 18 November 2019

Rapper Kanye West, right, shakes hands with Joel Osteen during a service at Lakewood Church, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2019, in Houston. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke) 

West spoke to a packed crowd of about 16,000 people in Houston on Sunday at the largest church in the U.S.

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Written by The Skanner News

Published: 16 October 2019

OB Addy 

“Phenomenal Concert” featuring local artists, will be held this Friday, Oct. 18 at the Alberta Rose Theatre in Portland