Dolly Parton can't stay out of the news cycle because she just can't stop being WONDERFUL. One thing is for sure -- she's a National Treasure. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear from artists you consider a National Treasure?

The new live album recording of that 2013 10th Anniversary show finds the band has grown into slick and practiced pros. The pop and grind of the synths, and the harmonies of Jenny Lewis and Gibbard - sweet and novel after going so long without.

This morning we aired a conversation between Jill and two members of The Staves - Jessica and Camilla Staveley-Taylor - about the new record 'Good Woman' and about how they are keeping busy during 2020's unexpected downtime. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear from groups that have sisters in them?

Hanukkah begins tonight at sunset - a Jewish holiday also known as the Festival of Lights and the Feast of Dedication that is observed for eight nights and days. For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that mention Hanukkah, light, candles or miracles?

Michael Jackson. Madonna. Prince. Every year has good music, but somehow 1984 reached an apex of pop excellence. In a wide-ranging new book, Michaelangelo Matos examines how the magic happened.

Mary Lucia talks about a docu-series from TPT Originals that's all about the Twin Cities' hardcore-music scene in the early 1980s.

Breakdancing is now an official Olympic sport! So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that you can breakdance to?

Somewhere around 1990, when I was a teenager, I picked up a used copy of Bruce Springsteen’s classic five-LP set Live/1975-85. I knew the Born in the U.S.A. hits, and I was ready to take a deeper dive into the Boss’s oeuvre. I put on side one track one (“Thunder Road”), turned off the lights in my bedroom,…

Today we are remembering John Lennon, who was shot and killed on this day in 1980. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what Lennon covers do you want to hear -- both Beatles and solo?

Host Mary Lucia shares her favorite songs of 2020.