November 2nd, 2016
By Ben Haugmo
benhaugmo@yahoo.com
Join artists from the Fargo-Moorhead area and the surrounding region this weekend to celebrating the work of legendary musician Johnny Cash. “Hear That Train A’ Comin’” takes place on Saturday at the Fargo Theatre.
Merrill Piepkorn helped organize the event, and will also be performing during the show alongside his band ,The Radio Stars. He sees the show as an opportunity to not only enjoy popular Cash songs, but also to highlight lesser-known…
October 26th, 2016
By Jack Stenerson
California hardcore band Touché Amoré have never followed the trends when it comes to their genre. They have carved out their own niche in the scene through deeply emotional records with instrumentation that draws influences from genres beyond their own.
Their fourth album, Stage Four, was released September 16. This new collection of songs deals exclusively with the death of frontman Jeremy Bolm’s mother, who lost her battle with cancer on…
October 19th, 2016
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Andrew WK is a man of parts: musician, music producer, nightclub owner, motivational speaker, and now, party guru. He’s back on tour but this time he’ll be behind a podium on a 50 state speaking tour called “The Power of Partying”.
Earlier this spring, on a separate endeavor, WK filled out the necessary paperwork and collected signatures in order to start his own political organization called the Party Party. Unfortunately these efforts were cancelled due to a pre-existing…
October 19th, 2016
By Jack Stenerson
jackstenerson@gmail.com
My dad first saw them in 1971. I first saw them in 1997. This will be his 11th time and my 5th time. The Moody Blues return to Fargo Thursday, October 20th at the Scheels Arena.
For a band that started in the mid-60s, still touring regularly in 2016 is impressive. I remember my dad and I driving to see them in 2007 at Moondance Jam and saying “This will be the last time we see them.” We got the chance to meet them at that show (my second…
October 5th, 2016
By Jack Stenerson
jackstenerson@gmail.com
Drew Danburry hasn’t toured in a while. After playing shows around the country almost nonstop from 2004-2010, he settled down in quiet Provo, Utah, to open a barber shop. This fall, however, he is out on the road again promoting one (or maybe two??) new records.
The first is a collection of over 100 songs, few of which reach the one minute mark, called Writin’ Songs, released under the moniker “The Funny Uncles.” These short songs are…
September 28th, 2016
By Jeannette Chapman
Photo by Nicholas Alan Cope
How do you review a musician with a famous father whose music bears both her stamp and his? I am referring to Eliot Sumner, whose show I previously caught at St. Paul's iconic Turf Club Friday September 25, 2015, and who is coming back Minneapolis, this time at the Skyway Theatre on Tuesday, October 4th.
Sumner is the daughter of Sting (yes, that Sting) a/k/a Gordon Sumner and his wife Trudie Styler. There are distinctions between Sumner's…
September 28th, 2016
Photo by Dan Monick
The High Plains Reader had an opportunity to catch up with Sean Daley, also known as Slug, the voice of Twin Cities-based hip hop duo Atmosphere and and co-founder of rap label Rhymesayers, before their upcoming gig at The Fargo Civic Memorial Auditorium this coming Wednesday.
High Plains Reader: What keeps you in Minneapolis?
Sean Daley: Family, familiarity--it’s funny how those two words are so similar.. It’s still relatively cheap and convenient--you know?…
September 21st, 2016
 By Sabrina Hornung sabrina@hpr1.com The 4onthefloor frontman Gabriel Douglas describes their sound as, “Breathtakingly urgent with passion-consumed delivery, connective and raw.” Their influences stem from the sounds of the Delta Blues, roots rock and folk. Their high-energy shows have packed houses across the Midwest and beyond. The Minneapolis four-piece rock and roll band is known for each of their members playing a bass drum and writing their songs in 4/4 time--hence the name. The… |
September 21st, 2016
“I don’t know if we’re really evolving, but always experimenting--because we’re all the same players and we still do the same thing.” says Korn bassist Reggie “Fieldy” Arvizu, “So we’ll try different directions or different things. We’ve found out no matter what we do, we still end up sounding like Korn when all of us do something together. We could cover a country song and it will still sound like Korn.”
The ultra dynamic Nu Rock pioneers Korn have been together…
September 21st, 2016
High Plains Reader: What-all is planned for the last show at TND?
Jack Stenerson: For the last show, we’re having 14 bands play over two days. We knew we couldn’t fit all of the bands in one day so it made the most sense to split it up. The first day is more of a mixed genre show, ranging from acoustic, to pop punk, to indie, to hardcore.
Day two is an all-hardcore show. We thought that would be fitting because that’s the genre that is most deeply rooted in the venue. Our first…
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Alicia Underlee Nelsonalicia@hpr1.com A midnight wedding ceremony at the Clay County Courthouse in Moorhead on August 1, 2013 was more than a romantic gesture. Eighteen couples made history on that day by exchanging vows in the…
By Michael M. Millermichael.miller@ndsu.edu On March 11, 2024, we celebrated the 121st birthday of bandleader Lawrence Welk. He was born March 11, 1903 in a sod house near Strasburg, North Dakota, and died on May 17,1992. The…
Saturday, May 117 p.m., gates at 5 p.m.Outdoors at Fargo Brewing Company610 University Dr. N, FargoWisconsin’s finest export, The Violent Femmes, started out in Milwaukee in 1981 as an acoustic punk band, and they’ve been…
Is this a repeating pattern?By Sabrina Hornungsabrina@hpr1.comThere’s a quote circulating around the world wide web, misattributed to Sinclair Lewis: "When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a…
by Ed Raymondfargogadfly@gmail.comAccording to my great-grandfather many years ago, my French ancestors migrated from Normandy to Quebec to Manitoba to Wisconsin to Minnesota over the spread of more than two centuries, finally…
By Rick Gionrickgion@gmail.com Holiday wine shopping shouldn’t have to be complicated. But unfortunately it can cause unneeded anxiety due to an overabundance of choices. Don’t fret my friends, we once again have you covered…
By Rick Gionrickgion@gmail.com In this land of hotdish and ham, the knoephla soup of German-Russian heritage seems to reign supreme. In my opinion though, the French have the superior soup. With a cheesy top layer, toasted baguette…
By John Showalterjohn.d.showalter@gmail.com It is not unheard of for bands to go on hiatus. However, as the old saying goes, “Absence makes the heart grow fonder.” That is why when a local group like STILL comes back to…
Now playing at the Fargo Theatre.By Greg Carlson gregcarlson1@gmail.comPalme d’Or recipient “Anatomy of a Fall” is now enjoying an award-season victory tour, recently picking up Golden Globe wins for both screenplay and…
By Sabrina Hornungsabrina@hpr1.com There’s no exaggeration when we say that this year’s Plains Art Gala is going to be out of this world, with a sci-fi theme inspired by a painting housed in the Plains Art Museum’s permanent…
By John Showalterjohn.d.showalter@gmail.comHigh Plains Reader had the opportunity to interview two mysterious new game show hosts named Milt and Bradley Barker about an upcoming event they will be putting on at Brewhalla. What…
By Annie Prafckeannieprafcke@gmail.com AUSTIN, Texas – As a Chinese-American, connecting to my culture through food is essential, and no dish brings me back to my mother’s kitchen quite like hotdish. Yes, you heard me right –…
By Sabrina Hornungsabrina@hpr1.comNew Jamestown Brewery Serves up Local FlavorThere’s something delicious brewing out here on the prairie and it just so happens to be the newest brewery west of the Red River and east of the…
By John Showalter john.d.showalter@gmail.comThey sell fentanyl test strips and kits to harm-reduction organizations and…
JANUARY 19, 1967– MARCH 8, 2023 Brittney Leigh Goodman, 56, of Fargo, N.D., passed away unexpectedly at her home on March 8, 2023. Brittney was born January 19, 1967, to Ruth Wilson Pollock and Donald Ray Goodman, in Hardinsburg,…
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Dismissing the value of small towns for the future of our nation is a mistakeBy Bill Oberlanderarcandburn@gmail.comAccording to U.S. Census projections, by the middle of this century, roughly 90% of the total population will live…
