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Morning Edition: Music

Pussy Riot comes to St. Paul

Pussy Riot comes to St. Paul

Pussy Riot is touring North America for the first time ever. They will play at the Turf Club in St. Paul on Saturday night.
by Cathy Wurzer

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Celebrating the 20th anniversary of The Big Lebowski

Twenty years ago today the Coen brothers cult classic "The Big Lebowski" was released. To mark the occasion, the Turf Club in St. Paul is holding a watch party tonight. There will be a costume contest, food specials and, of course, White Russians will be the drink of choice. I expect that a lot of people in bathrobes will be dancing to "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)" Kenny Rogers.
by Cathy Wurzer

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A busy weekend for Miguel

Miguel will performing at the Palace Theater in St. Paul tonight. Then he heads back to his hometown of Los Angeles.
by Cathy Wurzer

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Staged DJ firing was a successful publicity stunt

Staged DJ firing was a successful publicity stunt

60 years ago today, Minneapolis radio station WDGY announced that DJ Stanley Mack had been fired for playing "Dinner With Drac" by John Zacherle eight times in a row on the air. But folks at the history website "Twin Cities Music Highlights" talked to another former WDGY disc jockey who revealed that the whole thing was a publicity stunt.
by Cathy Wurzer

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Joan Baez embraces empathy on her new album

On her new album "Whistle Down the Wind" Joan Baez embraces the philosophy she laid out during her speech last year when she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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How to stay alive with help from the Bee Gees

40 years ago today "Stayin' Alive" by the Bee Gees was number one on the Billboard pop chart. The American Heart Asssociation suggests that if you need to perform CPR chest compressions, sing this song to yourself as you do it. That advice doesn't surprise Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees.
by Cathy Wurzer

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Robert Plant returns to the Twin Cities

Robert Plant returns to the Twin Cities

Robert Plant comes to the Orpheum Theater in Minneapolis Thursday night. He told the Current's Jill Riley, that while Led Zeppelin was a legendary band, he really enjoys playing with his latest group, the Sensational Space Shifters.
by Phil Picardi

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Polica and Stargaze team up for a new album

"Music for the Long Emergency" is the title of a new album, a collaboration between the Minneapolis-based electronic quintet Polica and the European orchestral collective Stargaze.
by Phil Picardi

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