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Music

Friends in high places: Dayton asks Garth Brooks for another show, Brooks says 'I'm in'

Friends in high places: Dayton asks Garth Brooks for another show, Brooks says 'I'm in'

Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton on Friday called on Garth Brooks to add another Minneapolis show to his upcoming stadium tour — and it sounds like the country music star is on board with the idea.
by MPR News Staff

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Minnesota Orchestra's Osmo Vanska to step down in 2022

Minnesota Orchestra's Osmo Vanska to step down in 2022

Minnesota Orchestra music director Osmo Vanska will step down at the conclusion of his contract, in August 2022. Vanska made the announcement at the Orchestra board's annual meeting Wednesday.
by Euan Kerr

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Ensemble 'gives a voice' to Nazi death camp prisoners through unearthed music

Ensemble 'gives a voice' to Nazi death camp prisoners through unearthed music

While conducting research at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum, a music theory professor discovered manuscripts of music that haven't been heard since World War II.
by Lulu Garcia-Navarro and Sarah Handel

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Grammy-winning jazz trumpeter Roy Hargrove dies at age 49

Grammy-winning jazz trumpeter Roy Hargrove dies at age 49

Many of Roy Hargrove's peers regarded him as the greatest trumpeter of his generation. Through his own bands and as a sideman, Hargrove brewed his jazz with African and Latin sounds, R&B, soul, pop, funk and hip-hop.
by Associated Press

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On Barbra Streisand's latest album, the walls do talk -- to the president

On Barbra Streisand's latest album, the walls do talk -- to the president

With her latest release, Barbra Streisand has done something different: Her new album, Walls, addresses songs -- including some of her own originals -- to the president of the United States.
by Monika Evstatieva

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A 'cosmic connection' between two violinists

A 'cosmic connection' between two violinists

For decades, Cologne-based violinist Geoffry Wharton has played jazzy crowd-pleasing encores written in the 1930s by an obscure composer, Audrey Call. Then Wharton discovered a spooky connection with her.
by Ned Wharton

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