The record's densely layered production brings lush soundscapes to life, while delightful bits of extemporaneous audio pull back the curtain on the recording process. Listen closely for moments when Bognanno talks to her dog, Mezzi, or playfully encourages her collaborators to pick up the tempo.

“If you ask most people what art’s meant to them in the past few months, they might not have an immediate answer,” said Duluth mayor Emily Larson. “But if you asked them about what music they’ve been listening to, what old favorite books they’ve been rereading, what podcasts have been informing them, I think you’d…

The Minnesota State Fair was supposed to start a week from today, but instead we are wrapping up our final giveaway this morning for the State Fair Food Parade, which starts today. Whether you nabbed a car pass or not, let's keep the spirit of the State Fair alive until next year with a 9:30 Coffee Break.

Mary Lucia talks about a documentary that originally aired on HBO a couple years ago but is now on Netflix, 'Sinatra: All Or Nothing At All.' Mary says, 'It is the most comprehensive documentary covering Sinatra's entire life, career, everything.'

Iowa is still cleaning up a week after a rare and violent storm, and we want to put the spotlight on the state this morning. For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that feature musicians from Iowa?

In a fascinating narrative, Ken McNab walks readers through 1969: the last year the Beatles were a band.

Music has the power to make or break a mood. Take a busy, traffic-filled drive to work and set it to Clair de Lune. Suddenly a hectic morning commute turns into an invisibly choreographed cityscape, people and cars flowing gracefully around one another in an active and intentionally designed universe. The influence of an effective…

The Postal Service (the thing, not the band) has been at the forefront of news headlines this summer both due to its financial problems and the role that it will play in the upcoming presidential election. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear for the USPS?

The Twin Cities music scene has a new chart-topper in its ranks. The interdisciplinary jazz drummer and producer L.A. Buckner scored a number one record on the iTunes jazz chart at the start of August. The album, titled BiG HOMiE, is a heterogeneous mix of jazz, gospel, hip-hop, and avant-funk that is just as reminiscent…

25 years ago, a chart battle went down between Blur and Oasis, dubbed "The Battle of Britpop". So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what Britpop do you want to hear?