July 20th, 2016
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Blues-infused rock band Canned Heat formed in Los Angeles in 1965. They created a name for themselves by marrying country blues and rock and roll. They have shared the stage with the likes of Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin at the Monterey pop festival and headlined Woodstock. They’ve played venues from the Fillmore to Carnegie Hall. Needless to say, Canned Heat is the stuff rock and roll dreams are fueled by.
Now, this coming weekend they will be one of the headliners in the 2016 Fargo…
July 20th, 2016
By Payton Berger
Go Murphy’s newest album “Buildings” opens up with a rolling start. The guitars create a droning melody of distortion as the drums and bass march the song along. It’s been quite a wait for Go Murphy fans. Their last full length album “A is A” was released in 2013. Luckily fans will have something to be excited about. Go Murphy’s newest release “Buildings” came out May 31st and give rockers something to enjoy.
The sweeping and rolling guitar riffs of…
July 13th, 2016
Legendary shock rocker Alice Cooper has been offering his signature brand of rock and roll since the 70s. This time around he is ushering in a new version of The Hollywood Vampires to pay homage to The Hollywood Vampires of the past.
The Hollywood Vampires is his latest band, featuring the talents of Aerosmith’s Joe Perry, and multi-faceted superstar Johnny Depp.
The original Vampires were a social club that blossomed from Hollywood’s rock and roll underbelly. “We would go to The…
July 6th, 2016
Since The Jayhawks hit the Minneapolis music scene in the mid-eighties, their signature alt country sound has influenced such bands as The Gear Daddies, Uncle Tupelo and countless others in the Americana genre.
“The scene was exploding because The Replacements, Husker Du and the whole indie sound was happening when it was really indie--all kinds of bands and everybody knew each other. There was also this layer of Prince at the time and all of that,” says Gary Louris, frontman of The…
June 29th, 2016
By Payton Berger
Folk, Roots, and the newer term, Americana, all seem to apply to a style of music that is often overlooked in modern times. Maybe it’s a preconceived notion of simplicity and homeliness that might deter people’s interest. A somewhat understandable notion when there are so many different types of music and musical ideas that are vying for your ears’ attention.
Folk and Americana music have a lot more depth and character than they are given credit for. They seek to…
June 15th, 2016
By Ben Rheault
I practically stumbled across Built to Spill by accident. I was returning a warped record I had purchased from what was then Vinyl Connection (now Orange Records.)
They didn’t have another copy of the record I originally bought, but the clerk, who was a friend of mine and knew my taste, directed me to “Keep it Like a Secret.” “You’ll like it…it’s poppy boy-punk,” she said to me.
I took it home, peeled back the cellophane wrapper, and put it on my turntable. …
June 1st, 2016
By: Elle Anderson
At a young age Lee Buford and Chip King never thought they would be travelling across the United States and Europe to perform. The Body has come a long way and keeps growing more and more each day. Performing at new music festivals and exploring new genres has helped The Body grow as a band.
Chip and Lee started The Body back in 1999. King is the singer and Buford plays the drums. The duo have been good friends for many, many years. In the beginning the band named their…
May 18th, 2016
As a child Shannon and the Clams singer and bassist, Shannon Shaw remembers listening to oldies with her parents, “My favorite things were frat rock, and sad teenager songs. ‘Teenager in love’, ‘Be my baby’, ‘The Wanderer’, ‘16 candles’, stuff like that,” says Shaw, “That was just the stuff that I’ve been drawn to since I was really little--the super-tragic, melodramatic, kitschy songs.”
With a sound reminiscent of The Ronettes, Shannon and the clams have…
May 11th, 2016
Last Thursday, May 5, Garth Brooks and his fellow performer and wife Trisha Yearwood held a press conference in which multiple FM media outlets were in attendance to keep Fargo-Moorhead updated on the progress of their four sold out shows at the Fargodome.
As country music royalty ascended the platform, Garth Brooks gingerly escorted his wife on stage affectionately referring to her as “Miss Yearwood,” in the first of multiple gestures indicative of the couple’s deep rooted mutual…
May 7th, 2016
by Kaley Sievert
The bass drops and the crowd screams, eardrums and hearts vibrating with the beat. PJ comes out on stage. She crouches and waves her arms as her crisp, high voice floats above the beat, diving down every so often to duet with the bass.
Singer/songwriter PJ just started touring. She has been to Arizona, the University of Texas, Concordia College, and soon, New York. When performing, before PJ goes on stage, she is a nervous wreck and says she “feels spastic.” Once she…
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By Winona LaDukewinona@winonaladuke.com The business of Indian Hating is a lucrative one. It’s historically been designed to dehumanize Native people so that it’s easier to take their land. ‘Kill the Indian, save the man,”…
By Winona LaDukewinona@winonaladuke.comThere’s not really a word for reconciliation, it's said in our language. There’s a word for making it right. To talk about reconciliation in terms of the relationship between Indigenous…
Thursday, December 5, 7-11:30 p.m.The Aquarium above Dempsey’s, 226 Broadway N., FargoLegendary post hardcore band Quicksand plays Fargo, with fellow New Yorkers Pilot to Gunner and local heroes Baltic to Boardwalk and Hevvy…
By Jim Fugliejimfuglie920@gmail.com Okay, so last month I promised you a woman President of the United States. So much for my predictability quotient. Lesson 1: Never promise something you can’t control. And nobody, not even…
By Ed Raymondfargogadfly@gmail.comWith What is Happening in the World, Why not Artificial Intelligence? Since Lucy fell out of a tree and walked about four million years ago, she has been evolving to humans we call Homo sapiens. We…
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…
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By John Showalterjohn.d.showalter@gmail.com Local band Zero Place has been making quite a name for itself locally and regionally in the last few years. Despite getting its start during a time it seemed the whole world was coming to…
By Greg Carlsongregcarlson1@gmail.com Writer-director Nicole Riegel’s sophomore feature “Dandelion” is now playing in theaters following a world premiere at South by Southwest in March. The movie stars KiKi Layne as the…
By Sabrina Hornungsabrina@hpr1.comIn 1974, the Jamestown Arts Center started as a small space above a downtown drugstore. It has grown to host multiple classrooms, a gallery, performance studio, ceramic studio and outdoor art park.…
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 Josette Ciceronunapologeticallyanxiousme@gmail.com What does it mean to truly live in a community —or should I say, among community? It’s a question I have been wrestling with since I moved to Fargo-Moorhead in February 2022.…
Rynn WillgohsJanuary 25, 1972-October 8, 2024 Rynn Azerial Willgohs, age 52, of Vantaa, Finland, died by suicide on October 8, 2024. Rynn became her true-self March 31, 2020. She immediately became a vocal and involved activist…
By Faye Seidlerfayeseidler@gmail.com My name is Faye Seidler and I’m a suicide prevention advocate and a champion of hope. I think it is fair to say that we’ve been living through difficult times and it may be especially…
