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Details: 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

Details: 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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Details: 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

Details: 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

Details: 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

Details: 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

Details: Written by Saundra Sorenson; Published: 16 January 2020

Angela Brown

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

Details: 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

Details: 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.