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Turning the Who's Tommy into a bluegrass opry

Have you ever wondered how the songs from the Who's rock opera "Tommy" would sound if they were performed by a bluegrass band?
by Cathy Wurzer

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Book reveals Clinton campaign effectively controlled DNC as early as 2015

Book reveals Clinton campaign effectively controlled DNC as early as 2015

Donna Brazile, who took over as interim chairperson of the Democratic National Committee in the wake of hacked emails, says the Clinton camp and the party struck a deal to pay off lingering debts.

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Jann Wenner, 'Rolling Stone,' and the decline of rock 'n' roll

Jann Wenner, 'Rolling Stone,' and the decline of rock 'n' roll

Joe Hagan's "Sticky Fingers," compiled from unfettered access to "Rolling Stone" founder Jann Wenner, steadfastly avoids hagiography. It can't avoid a sad ending.
by Andrew Flanagan

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Settlement pending in Ventura's case against 'Sniper' author

Settlement pending in Ventura's case against 'Sniper' author

Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura and the estate of "American Sniper" author Chris Kyle are apparently working toward a settlement in a years-long defamation case.
by The Associated Press

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An underappreciated part of Bob Dylan's career

An underappreciated part of Bob Dylan's career

Volume 13 covers Dylan's born-again Christian period from 1979 to 1981.
by MPR News Staff

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Actor Dustin Hoffman, director Brett Ratner accused of sexual misconduct

Actor Dustin Hoffman, director Brett Ratner accused of sexual misconduct

Writer Anna Graham Hunter says that in 1985, she was repeatedly groped by Hoffman on the set of a television adaptation of "Death of a Salesman." Six women have accused Ratner of sexual misconduct.
by Colin Dwyer

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Art Hounds: Ballet, flamenco and resurrected poets

Art Hounds: Ballet, flamenco and resurrected poets

This week on Art Hounds: James Sewell Ballet performs with the Ahn Trio, poets return from the dead to compete with one another, and "A Night in Andalusia" offers Flamenco dance and music.
by Marianne Combs

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The song Michael Jackson wanted to sing with Prince

"Bad" by Michael Jackson was number one on the Billboard pop chart 30 years ago today. It's the title track from the follow up to his enormously successful "Thriller" album.
by Cathy Wurzer

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The unsettling sound of tritones, the devil's interval

The unsettling sound of tritones, the devil's interval

In music theory, the tritone is an interval of three whole steps that can sound unresolved and creepy. Over time, the sound has wound up in jazz, rock and even Broadway musicals.
by Judith Kogan

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The other Reformation: How Martin Luther changed our beer, too

The other Reformation: How Martin Luther changed our beer, too

The protest movement Luther launched 500 years ago revamped not only how Europe worshipped but how it drank. We'd call him the patron saint of beer except, well, he wouldn't like the "saint" part.
by Nina Martyris

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