When the Jazz Arts Group Big Band takes the stage this afternoon to play music from Lawrence Welk's TV show, the tunes will be a blast from the past, not only for the audience but also the players.

FARGO — Even at an early age, Taj Mahal was developing his unique “global concept” of culture, influences and history about everything from music to agriculture — and he owes that to his parents. The ...

BISMARCK – For more than two decades, sisters Edna Schwab and Evelyn Schwab have proudly led tourists through the boyhood home of their uncle, famous bandleader Lawrence Welk, the “King of Champagne ...

Before he became a household name as the host of his own self-titled television show, Lawrence Welk was a hardworking bandleader shaped by the rural Midwest, European folk traditions, and the rhythms ...

There's a 1939 film clip that shows Lois Best Herman singing and smiling next to a very young Lawrence Welk as his orchestra plays on. "You see her natural personality on the video. That was my mom," ...

Kevin Welk contacted me through representatives at The Welk Group and asked that I publish their news release, to represent both sides.