The 2021 class of Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame nominees were announced this morning, and includes a second nomination for Carole King, whose album 'Tapestry' was released fifty years ago today. For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, which nominees from the 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame would you like to hear?

For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs from girl groups would you like to hear?

Minnesota’s legendary for its cold winters. How do we survive? By steaming them up. As part of The Current’s Valentine’s Day celebrations, our local music team picked 17 songs that put the X in sex and prove that Minnesota can go toe to toe with any state in the union when it comes to…well, uniting.…

This cold snap is going to stick around for much of this week, so let's try to warm it up this morning, shall we? For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs can you think of that might offer us some warm thoughts for this cold week?

The Staves return with twelve new tracks for their best album yet. The third release from the sibling trio showcases raw emotion poured over intense ballads and sophisticated melodies.

As Caleb Brennan noted here on the Local Current blog last fall, TikTok is changing the way we interact with music, and fueling music discovery around the world. I thought I’d check back in to see what Minnesota musicians are up to on TikTok this winter. Any great local artists on TikTok that I missed?…

It's the first Thursday in February which means it's National Sweater Day. And how fitting is it that the Twin Cities are expecting a couple of inches of snow today? So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what sweater songs do you want to hear?

'Soul is Black,' said Aretha Franklin, connecting two words that encompass vast worlds of meaning and experience. In her new book 'The Meaning of Soul,' scholar Emily J. Lordi explores the ways in which soul music has expressed Black resilience since the Civil Rights era.

Mary Lucia has a two-fer for you, thanks to musician, actor, painter and all-around interesting person John Lurie. HBO recently launched the series, 'Painting with John.' It welcomes comparisons to Lurie's earlier series, 'Fishing with John.'

Our Black History Month Musicheads Essential Artist of the day is Public Enemy. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what '80s hip hop do you want to hear?