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• Bobbie Gentry's 'The Delta Sweete' gets a much-belated tribute
  Back in 1967, Bobbie Gentry sang a haunting ode to young love and sad endings in the deep South called "Ode to Billie Joe." A year later, Gentry released a country-rock opera, "The Delta Sweete." It hardly sold at all — but has since become a cult classic.February 9, 2019
• Buddy Holly's hometown looks back, 60 years after 'The Day the Music Died'
  "He sang strictly country," said Larry Byers, a former DJ in Lubbock, Texas, who heard Buddy Holly's early performances. "Until he saw Elvis Presley and decided that maybe he should change his style a bit."February 3, 2019
• Five things to watch for in Super Bowl LIII
  Sunday's Super Bowl pits the New England Patriots against the Los Angeles Rams. LA's talent-packed offense gives New England's head coach Bill Belichick a tough choice on who to target.February 2, 2019
• Sixty years later, remembering 'The Day the Music Died'
  Sixty years ago this week, the Winter Dance Party concert tour was crisscrossing Minnesota and neighboring states, featuring Ritchie Valens, J.P. "the Big Bopper" Richardson and Buddy Holly. Then came "The Day the Music Died."January 27, 2019
• Twin Cities music legend Willie Murphy dies at 75
  Murphy was part of the Minnesota music scene for decades, and fronted the band Willie and the Bees. "One of my main crusades (is) to get people to dance," Murphy told MPR News in 2009.January 13, 2019
• Beautiful! Carole King makes surprise appearance in Broadway show
  Anything can happen in live theater, and audience members seeing "Beautiful," the life story of Carole King, got a surprise when King appeared in the role of herself to celebrate the show's fifth anniversary on Broadway.January 13, 2019
• Documentary shows 'perception and reality' of infamous concert flop
  In 2017, the Fyre Music Festival was billed as an exclusive event in the Bahamas. The reality was very different. Director Chris Smith tells the behind-the-scenes story in a new Netflix documentary.January 13, 2019
• Rosanne Cash on the importance of living out loud
  Rosanne Cash's latest album, "She Remembers Everything," cuts a path through gun violence, sexism and the relentless march of time. "There's no point in hedging my bets about what I write about anymore," she says.December 29, 2018
• Russian authorities stage crackdown on rap, pop music
  Alarmed by the growing popularity of rap among Russian youth, President Vladimir Putin wants cultural leaders to devise a means of controlling, rather than banning, the popular music.December 15, 2018
• On Barbra Streisand's latest album, the walls do talk -- to the president
  With her latest release, Barbra Streisand has done something different: Her new album, Walls, addresses songs -- including some of her own originals -- to the president of the United States.November 3, 2018
• Minnesota Historical Society obtains more Prince items
  The Minnesota Historical Society has obtained two items that illustrate Prince's religious beliefs and desire to control his image.September 30, 2018
• Jefferson Airplane co-founder Marty Balin dead at 76
  Marty Balin, a co-founder, vocalist and songwriter for psychedelic mainstays Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship, has died, a statement from his family confirmed. He was 76.September 29, 2018
• Paul Simon wraps up farewell tour back home
  The 76-year-old singer isn't retiring, and hasn't ruled out occasional future performances. But he's said this is his last time out on the road.September 22, 2018
• University of Minnesota sets ceremony to award honorary degree to Prince
  The University of Minnesota will award the late music icon Prince an honorary degree at a performance-packed ceremony later this month.September 14, 2018
• U2 cancels sold-out Berlin show after Bono loses voice
  Just a few songs into a Berlin concert on Saturday, Irish rock band U2 canceled the remainder of its performance after lead singer Bono suffered "a complete loss of voice," band members said in a statement.September 2, 2018

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