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Morning Edition: Music

Rising country star comes to the Twin Cities

Rising country star comes to the Twin Cities

Colter Wall will be performing Tuesday night at the Fine Line Music Cafe in Minneapolis.
by Cathy Wurzer

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Jack White's 'messy, sprawling, daffy' album

Rolling Stone calls "Boarding House Reach" his strangest record and describes the music as "a messy, sprawling, daffy, howling set that sounds spiritually hungry, collectively driven and, instructively, a little bit lost."
by MPR News Staff

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Why Buckethead wears a KFC bucket

Brian Carroll will be performing Thursday night at the Cabooze in Minneapolis.
by MPR News Staff

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A number one song with quite a legacy

"Never Gonna Give You Up" by Rick Astley was number one on the Billboard pop chart 30 years ago. Over the years, the song has been subjected to a fair amount of ridicule. Nick Lowe made a pointed attack on the song's lyrics in his composition "All Men Are Liars."
by Cathy Wurzer

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The story of Robbinsdale's Someplace Else

Fifty years ago Tuesday, the Twin Cities-based band The South 40 recorded a live album at a club in Robbinsdale called Someplace Else.
by MPR News Staff

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Andy Gibb helps his brother Barry make history

"(Love Is) Thicker Than Water" by Andy Gibb with Joe Walsh of the Eagles on guitar was number Billboard pop chart 40 years ago this week. It broke the record of three straight held by John Lennon and Paul McCartney.
by Cathy Wurzer

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Lakeville South marching band travels to Dublin

The Lakeville South High School Marching Cougars will be marching in the Saint Patrick's Day parade Saturday in Dublin, Ireland. The band from the Twin Cities suburbs is one of nine American high school bands selected to participate in the parade.
by Cathy Wurzer

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Caitlyn Smith creates an ode to St. Paul

Caitlyn Smith creates an ode to St. Paul

Smith recently decided she wanted to perform the songs she wrote. One of those songs is about her teenage years. It's called "St. Paul."
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Hear jazz compositions written by Prince's father

His daughter recently rediscovered the sheet music that her father had given her years ago. She assembled a band to record her father's compositions.
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Love is Blue was a Eurovision contest entry

"Love is Blue" by Paul Mauriat was number one on the Billboard pop chart 50 years ago today. Mauriat was a French conductor and orchestra leader.
by Phil Picardi

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