Morning Edition: Music

April 6, 2015 8:58 AM

Beach Boys' hit used an unusual technique

Fifty years ago Monday the Beach Boys began recording what would become one of their most iconic songs.

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March 31, 2015 8:56 AM

Rolling Stones coming to TCF Bank Stadium for ZIP CODE tour

The tour name is a reference to the "Sticky Fingers" album design.

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March 30, 2015 8:58 AM

Yoruban twins to perform in Minneapolis

Lisa-Kainde Diaz and Naomi Diaz are descendants of the Yoruba people who came to Cuba from Nigeria in the 1700s through the slave trade.

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March 27, 2015 8:56 AM

Minnesota Orchestra season to include Audra McDonald, Yevgeny Sudbin

Additionally, the new season will include three weeks of concerts in celebration of the 150th anniversary of the birth of composer Jean Sibelius.

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March 26, 2015 9:01 AM

Sly and the Family Stone album to be preserved by Library of Congress

The first Doors album, "Sixteen Tons" by Tennessee Ernie Ford and radio coverage of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's funeral were also among this year's selections.

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March 25, 2015 8:58 AM

Marsalis father and son duo to play at the Dakota

The two collaborated on "The Last Southern Gentlemen"; it's the first time that they have recorded a full album together.

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March 24, 2015 9:02 AM

Lennon, McCartney struggled over how to start 'Eight Days a Week'

This was the first song that John Lennon and Paul McCartney brought into the studio unfinished.

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March 23, 2015 9:17 AM

Choir of Kings College to perform in St. Paul

The choir, currently on tour in the United States, was founded in 1441 by King Henry VI to provide daily singing in his chapel.

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March 20, 2015 9:03 AM

Modest Mouse launches an interactive website, releases new album

You can type in a phrase and an algorithm picks samples from the album to go with the words.

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March 19, 2015 8:58 AM

Hippo Campus looks to break out at SXSW

The band members of Hippo Campus met one another while they were students at the St. Paul Conservatory for Performing Artists.

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