For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs relating to the fall season would you like to hear?

An epic day of music, education and action in Minneapolis, the 2025 running of Farm Aid uplifted music fans while elevating small farms and sustainable agriculture.

Ten years after their last new music release, Motion City Soundtrack is still as anxious as ever, but for different reasons.

The British band played a career-spanning two-hour set in Minneapolis on Saturday, Sept. 20, in celebration of More, their first album of new material since 2001. Hamilton Leithauser was the opening act.

Farm Aid, the annual concert to support family farmers, celebrates 40 years. Newcomer singer-songwriter Jesse Welles — who has a large social media following -- will join long-time musician activists.

The indie-rock singer-songwriter performed a career-spanning set at Palace Theatre in St. Paul on Thursday, Sept. 18. The opener was another versatile singer-songwriter, Nilüfer Yanya.

Lita Ford and Nile Rodgers were born; Chubby Checker twisted; Simon and Garfunkel reunited; Steppenwolf got wild; and Earl Palmer passed away, Today in Music History.

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs about food paired with other things would you like to hear?

Bon Iver now has 14 songs in the Chart Show Hall of Fame — the second most by any act in Chart Show history. Lola Young and Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory also enter the Hall of Fame.

Frankie Avalon collected the royalties he earned as a minor; Pink Floyd played the Montreux Festival; Wild Cherry played that funky music; Kiss appeared without makeup for the first time; Garth Brooks topped the album chart; Jimi Hendrix passed away; and Lucinda Williams married her manager in Minneapolis, Today in Music History.