Morning Edition: Music

April 27, 2017 8:10 AM

Demme directed iconic rock film with the Talking Heads

Demme died Wednesday at the age of 73.

by MPR News Staff

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April 26, 2017 8:56 AM

Happy birthday to Replacements' Chris Mars

Mars left the band in 1990 and released several solo albums, before dropping out of the industry to devote himself full time to painting.

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April 25, 2017 9:13 AM

Communist Daughter members met at Saint John's pub

Two members of the band, Adam Switlick and Johnny Solomon, met at Brother Willie's.

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April 24, 2017 8:56 AM

Streisand rebelled by dropping an 'A' from her name

A 1967 biography reports that "the spelling of her first name is an instance of partial rebellion: she was advised to change her last name and retaliated by dropping an "a" from the first instead."

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April 21, 2017 8:56 AM

The Revolution to deejay on The Current on 'Prince Day'

At 4 p.m. on our sister station The Current, members of the Revolution will become the DJs for an hour, introducing their favorite Prince songs in a special Theft of the Dial segment.

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April 20, 2017 7:22 AM

Prince protege Shelby J out with new music

She'll be performing Thursday night at the Dakota Jazz Club in Minneapolis.

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April 19, 2017 8:57 AM

Engineer, Prince's estate face off in court over unreleased music

Prince's estate is suing a California sound engineer who is offering a multi-song selection of unreleased music from the late pop icon. The two sides faced off in an 80-minute federal court hearing Wednesday afternoon before U.S. District Court Judge Wilhelmina Wright in St. Paul.

by Tim Nelson

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April 18, 2017 8:11 AM

Prince's suit from 'Purple Rain' on exhibit again

It's part of a special Prince exhibit that will only be up through Sunday.

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April 17, 2017 12:00 AM

ABBA's 'Dancing Queen' topped charts 40 years ago

It's the only ABBA song to ever top the charts in the United States.

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April 14, 2017 9:07 AM

Kendrick Lamar drops latest album today

Kendrick Lamar's newest album "Damn" was released today. This is the highly anticipated follow up to Lamar's critically-acclaimed 2015 album "To Pimp A Butterfly."

by Cathy Wurzer

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