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Morning Edition: Music

Leonard Cohen's voice called a 'blessing'

Leonard Cohen's voice called a 'blessing'

Today's Morning Edition music is from "You Want it Darker" the title track from Leonard Cohen's forthcoming album.

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Peaches to perform in Minneapolis after productive break between albums

During her hiatus, Peaches starred in a one-woman stage production of "Jesus Christ Superstar" and also released a film version of her electro-rock opera "Peaches Does Herself." She also put out a book.

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Supremes hit 'You Can't Hurry Love' based on gospel song

Today's Morning Edition music is from 50 years ago today "You Can't Hurry Love" by the Supremes was number one on the Billboard pop chart.

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Stevie Wonder and Prince played "Superstition" together on stage

Stevie Wonder and Prince played "Superstition" together on stage

Today's Morning Edition music is Stevie Wonder performing "Superstition" live in Paris in 2010, from a home video recorded by a member of the audience.
by MPR News Staff

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Black Market Brass gets inspiration from Nigerian Afrobeat music

Black Market Brass gets inspiration from Nigerian Afrobeat music

Their debut album drops Friday. They'll be playing a CD release party on Saturday night at the Turf Club in St. Paul.

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Chance the Rapper tries a new idea to thwart scalpers

Chance the Rapper tries a new idea to thwart scalpers

The singer recently used his own money to buy nearly 2000 tickets from scalpers and then resold them through his website.

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Banarama's 'Venus' part of rare feat in music history

Banarama's 'Venus' part of rare feat in music history

"Venus" is only the fourth song in the rock era to top the charts by two different artists.

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Elvis appeared on 'Ed Sullivan Show' for first time 60 years ago

Elvis appeared on 'Ed Sullivan Show' for first time 60 years ago

Today's Morning Edition music is from 60 years ago today when Elvis Presley performed on the Ed Sullivan Show for the first time.

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Donovan scored his only No. 1 hit 50 years ago

Donovan scored his only No. 1 hit 50 years ago

Due to a legal dispute, his record label had to wait seven months after it was recorded to release the song.

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