Since it’s Christmas Eve, we’re turning back the calendar to enjoy holiday classics from the Jets, Ondara, Gaelynn Lea, Sweetwater Revival, and Robert Robinson.

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear for Festivus?

Robert K. Elder’s new book tells you everything you ever could possibly have wanted to know about Elvis Presley’s Christmas recordings, holiday traditions, and even the cards that ritually went out signed ‘Elvis and the Colonel.’

In this film that imagines a Christmas with the Royal Family in the 1980s, Kristen Stewart delivers a fascinating portrait of Princess Diana while Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood provides a haunting soundtrack.

Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Stevie Nicks and Shakira all recently sold off all or part of their back catalogs. Why forgo future royalties and creative control over their songs?

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear from “Barack Obama’s Favorite Songs of 2021” playlist?

The holidays are a time of joy - but they can also be a difficult time, charged with anxiety. University of Minnesota wellness expert Mary Jo Kreitzer tells Jill Riley why this is, and shares some tips for maintaining mental health during the holiday season.

If you’re heading out this New Year’s Eve, there are celebrations planned across Minneapolis and St. Paul. Here are over a dozen festive options.

The new documentary Get Back, cut from 50-year-old footage of Beatles recording sessions by director Peter Jackson, offers a chance to look at one moment when the myth of the "band guy" took shape.

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear for the winter solstice?