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Audra McDonald's 'Happy Songs'

By Renee Montagne
Published October 21, 2002 at 11:00 PM CDT

Tony-winner Audra McDonald talks about her new album, Happy Songs. It's a departure from the more serious material she's taken on in the past. She interprets lesser-known songs from the 1920s, '30s, and '40s, by composers such as Harold Arlen and Duke Ellington.

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