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Music

Lots of events celebrating Prince this week

There are lots of Prince-related events as we approach the second anniversary of his death on Saturday.
by Phil Picardi

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Remembering Linda McCartney

Linda McCartney died 20 years ago Tuesday after a three-year battle with breast cancer.
by MPR News Staff

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PaviElle French presents this weekend at the Minnesota Music Summit

St. Paul native PaviElle French will give a talk this weekend at the Minnesota Music Summit hosted this weekend at St. Catherine's University and venues around the Twin Cities.
by Cathy Wurzer

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Bettye LaVette interprets Bob Dylan

Bettye LaVette will be performing Thursday at the Dakota Jazz Club in Minneapolis. Her latest album is composed entirely of songs written by Bob Dylan.
by MPR News Staff

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The first solo album by a member of Spinal Tap

Derek Smalls, bass player for Spinal tap, has released a solo album called "Smalls Change (Meditations Upon Ageing)." Smalls is the character played by Harry Shearer in the now legendary 1984 mockumentary "This is "Spinal Tap."
by Cathy Wurzer

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Turning Johnny Cash's poems into music

"Johnny Cash: Forever Words," which was produced by Johnny Cash's son features an interesting assortment of artists including the Jayhawks, Elvis Costello, Allsion Kraus, Brad Paisley and Roseanne Cash.
by MPR News Staff

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Prince's first manager writes about his music career

Owen Husney, who is best known as Prince's first manager, has published a book about his life in the music business called "Famous People Who've Met Me."
by Cathy Wurzer

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The Current launches Prince-oriented stream

Purple Current is a mixture of Prince music, music that inspired him, his contemporaries and music that he influenced.
by Cathy Wurzer

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Man in the Mirror dedicated to kidnapped boy

"Man in the Mirror" by Michael Jackson was number one on the Billboard pop chart 30 years ago today. Jackson dedicated the song to Yoshiaki Ogiwara, a five-year-old Japanese boy who was kidnapped, held for ransom and eventually murdered.
by Cathy Wurzer

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