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Morning Edition: Music

The surviving members of the Monkees perform at Mystic Lake Casino on Thursday night

The duo's tour has been getting good reviews, with the two musicians — now in their mid-seventies — performing a mix of old favorites and more recent tunes. The show also includes tributes to Peter Tork, who died last month, and Davy Jones, who passed away in 2012.
by Cathy Wurzer

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Mariah Carey finally plays her own Twin Cities show

Mariah Carey performs at the State Theatre in Minneapolis on Wednesday night. It will be the first time that the 49-year-old singer, who has scored 18 number one hits, will headline a solo concert in the Twin Cities.
by Cathy Wurzer

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Sly and the Family Stone topped the Billboard pop chart 50 years ago this week

The group is considered the first racially integrated, multi-gender band of the rock era, and the lyrics of "Everyday People" express the band's underlying philosophy of peace and the equality of all people.
by Phil Picardi

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Looking for musical ways to celebrate International Women's Day?

The Hook and Ladder Lounge in Minneapolis is hosting an International Women's Day celebration Friday night. Meanwhile, MPR's sister station The Current will mark the occasion by featuring women-identifying artists and hosts on the air all day long.
by Cathy Wurzer

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A look at Duluth's music scene, today on MPR News with Angela Davis

One local group is Emily Haavik & the 35s. Haavik is a Duluth native who now lives in the Twin Cities, and her bandmates are the 35s — so called because they live in Duluth, and many trips are made along I-35 to play music together.
by Cathy Wurzer

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40 years since Rod Stewart topped the pop chart with 'Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?'

Stewart wrote in his autobiography that he was aware that he ripped the song's synthesizer riff from a Bobby Womack tune called "(If You Want My Love) Put Something Down on It," but claimed that it's okay to borrow a piece of someone else's arrangement as long as it's not the core melody.
by Cathy Wurzer

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