Save Our Stages Fest is a 3-day virtual music festival happening this weekend. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what artists do you want to hear that are playing #SOSFEST?

Minneapolis rapper MaLLy’s latest video for his pensive track “WWDI,” directed by Victor Rukavina and Stevie Kane of 1Light Films, features a vibrant color scheme and themes of universalism. “WWDI,” short for “Why We Do It,” starts with a child walking hand in hand with an older man and releasing a bright red balloon from…

Wind advisories blanketed most of Minnesota yesterday, with some gusts reaching up to 40-50 mph. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what windy songs do you want to hear?

Jeff Tweedy - of Wilco, Tweedy, and formerly Uncle Tupelo - has a new book called 'How to Write One Song: Loving the Things We Create and How They Love Us Back.' He took a few minutes to talk about the book with Jill Riley.

If you don't know the name Clarence Avant, the Netflix documentary 'The Black Godfather' will introduce you to this amazing man. Clarence Avant is not only a highly influential music executive, but also instrumental in Civil Rights, in politics, and in Black culture at large.

What songs do you want to hear about safety, danger, being careful, staying away from harm, etc.?

This fall, we asked you to share your favorite covers, and you responded! Results for The Current's Top 89 Covers will start today at 11 a.m. and we will count all the way down to No. 1 at 6 p.m. To get us amped for the countdown, we want to take you on a slight sidestep to this topic for today's set of music. For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what originals do you want to hear that were later made famous by covers?

30 years ago today, Target Center opened its doors as a basketball arena that moonlights as one of Minnesota’s largest concert spaces. Built to be the home of the fledgling Minnesota Timberwolves and — as of 1999 — the Lynx, the 19,356-seat arena (making it, in size, slightly bigger than the Minnesota State Fair Grandstand…

Kathy Valentine met her future band, the Go-Go's, as a 21-year-old at Los Angeles nightclub Whiskey a-Go-Go. In March 2020, Valentine released her memoir, 'All I Ever Wanted,' an introspective look not only at her life in music, but her entire life up to now. 'I really was trying to tell my story, not anyone else's story,' Valentine tells Mary Lucia.

Today is Indigenous Peoples' Day, a holiday that celebrates and honors Native American peoples and commemorates their histories and cultures. In honor of this day, what musicians with native heritage would you like to hear for today's 9:30 Coffee Break?