The Morning Show - with Jill RileyCoffee Break: teams and athletesJill Riley and Luke Taylor • Feb 15, 2022For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that shout out sports teams or professional athletes?
News and InterviewsThe Super Bowl halftime show was a mixture of respectability and reckoningHarmony Holiday • Feb 14, 2022Even with the petite moments of refusal, the whole performance feels like hip-hop's audition for an all-American passport.
The Morning Show - with Jill RileyCoffee Break: Munson Love TimeJill Riley and Luke Taylor • Feb 14, 2022For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, we’re joined by John Munson for some Munson Love Time. What love-themed songs do you want to hear?
News and InterviewsEminem takes a knee during the Super Bowl halftime showEmma Bowman • Feb 14, 2022The rapper took a knee for about 50 seconds during the star-studded halftime performance. It came during a set from some of hip-hop's biggest stars.
In MemoriamDrummer Howard Grimes, the backbone of Memphis soul, dies at 80Hazel Cills • Feb 13, 2022His beats on songs including Al Green's "Let's Stay Together" served as a crucial foundation for the burgeoning Memphis soul sound of the 1970s.
In MemoriamGame was her middle name: The world was never ready for Betty DavisOliver Wang • Feb 13, 2022Raucous, outspoken and empowered, Davis, who died last week at 77, always knew what she wanted her music to be — raw — and she took control of her career in an era when few Black women could.
Radio Free CurrentOhio versus CaliforniaSean McPherson • Feb 12, 2022Ohio and California are two states with incredible music histories, and there will be a lot to celebrate as they square off in a musical showdown. Chime in with some requests from the Buckeyes or the Redwoods.
News and InterviewsBrassville aims to reclaim the deep scope of Nashville music history, stage by stageJewly Hight • Feb 12, 2022A contemporary brass band that grew out of one of Nashville's historically Black universities is helping to expand the lost musical identity of the country capital.
In MemoriamRIP, foundational Twin Cities hip-hop producer AnomalyAli Elabbady • Feb 11, 2022Jason Heinrichs, a DJ and producer who recorded with Atmosphere, P.O.S, Dylan Hicks, and many others, died this week at the age of 52
In MemoriamIan McDonald, founding member of King Crimson and Foreigner, has diedAnastasia Tsioulcas • Feb 11, 2022The multi-instrumentalist initially came blazing onto the scene with his saxophone on the opening cut of King Crimson's first album, In the Court of the Crimson King. He died Wednesday at age 75.