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Morning Edition: Music

Bettye LaVette interprets Bob Dylan

Bettye LaVette will be performing Thursday at the Dakota Jazz Club in Minneapolis. Her latest album is composed entirely of songs written by Bob Dylan.
by MPR News Staff

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The first solo album by a member of Spinal Tap

Derek Smalls, bass player for Spinal tap, has released a solo album called "Smalls Change (Meditations Upon Ageing)." Smalls is the character played by Harry Shearer in the now legendary 1984 mockumentary "This is "Spinal Tap."
by Cathy Wurzer

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Turning Johnny Cash's poems into music

"Johnny Cash: Forever Words," which was produced by Johnny Cash's son features an interesting assortment of artists including the Jayhawks, Elvis Costello, Allsion Kraus, Brad Paisley and Roseanne Cash.
by MPR News Staff

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Man in the Mirror dedicated to kidnapped boy

"Man in the Mirror" by Michael Jackson was number one on the Billboard pop chart 30 years ago today. Jackson dedicated the song to Yoshiaki Ogiwara, a five-year-old Japanese boy who was kidnapped, held for ransom and eventually murdered.
by Cathy Wurzer

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Copyright concerns delay Messersmith's album release

The Star Tribune reports that after the album was finished someone noticed that parts of Jeremy Messersmith's song "Purple Hearts" sound enough like "Sweet Caroline" that it could get them sued for copyright infringement.
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