Music

MN Shortlist, May 30–June 5: Hitchcock with a live score, an outlaw musical and women muralists
This week’s MN Shortlist highlights a live score performance of Hitchcock’s “The Lodger,” a new musical about Minnesota outlaw Nellie King and a talk on Latin American women muralists.
Former Sean Combs employee Capricorn Clark says he kidnapped her
On Tuesday, Clark, who worked for Combs for more than a decade, accused him of kidnapping her during a chaotic 2011 episode involving his former girlfriend, Cassie Ventura, and the rapper Kid Cudi.
Billy Joel cancels touring after being diagnosed with a brain disorder
Billy Joel has canceled all his upcoming concerts across North America and England after being diagnosed with fluid buildup in his brain that has affected his “hearing, vision and balance.”
A new chapter for MPR host Tom Crann: From news to classical music
Tom Crann has been a familiar voice on MPR News for years. Now, he’s turning the dial to a new frequency. MPR News host Angela Davis talks with him about his journalism career and why he’s making the move to MPR’s classical service.  
‘I Kissed a Girl’ singer-songwriter Jill Sobule killed in Woodbury house fire
Jill Sobule, the award-winning singer-songwriter whose witty and poignant writing first attracted widespread attention with the gay-themed song “I Kissed a Girl,” died in a house fire Thursday. She was 66.