Coffee BreakCoffee Break: Bastille DayAnna Weggel • Jul 14, 2020Let's celebrate Bastille Day by listening to music by French artists for today's Coffee Break. What songs by French artists do you want to hear?
Coffee BreakCoffee Break: International Rock DayAnna Weggel • Jul 13, 2020July 13 is International Rock Day -- we're talking the stone variety. As in, minerals, sediment, Earth, etc. But we aren't geologists over here...our specialty is music. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that mention rock music?
ReviewsAlbum of the Week: The Beths, 'Jump Rope Gazers'David Safar • Jul 13, 2020The Beths pour their energy into 10 songs that touch on coming of age and reflect on leaving home following the band's breakout in 2018.
News and InterviewsMichael Stipe and Aaron Dessner talk about 'No Time for Love Like Now'Jade • Jul 10, 2020Aaron Dessner of The National and Michael Stipe, formerly of R.E.M., connected with Jade to talk about 'No Time For Love Like Now,' a collaboration between Stipe and Big Red Machine.
Coffee BreakCoffee Break: Featuring Mavis StaplesJesse Wiza • Jul 10, 2020Today is Mavis Staples' birthday, she turns 81 this year. Throughout her career, Staples has collaborated with scores of artists both classic and contemporary, with a discography that spans over 60 years. For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs from or featuring Mavis Staples would you like to hear?
Local Current BlogBehind the Scenes: Longshot’s visual EP ‘I’m Saying’Maddie Schwappach • Jul 10, 2020“This is not about me. This is not about Cody [Colton Otte]. This is about George Floyd. This is about Ahmaud Arbrey. This is about Elijah McClain. This is about Toyin [Salau]. This is about every Black person who has been murdered because of systematic oppression.” Those are the words of MC Longshot regarding his…
Coffee BreakCoffee Break: Happy Birthday, Jack WhiteJesse Wiza • Jul 9, 2020Today Jack White turns 45 and we're going to celebrate his wide ranging catalog. For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs from Jack White would you like to hear?
Local Current Blog‘A guy can only take so many walks with his dog’: Minnesota musicians get back onstage, at a distanceLydia Moran • Jul 9, 2020Last Friday, a stream of vehicles rolled into the parking lot outside Burnsville City Hall, parked in spaces marked with chalk, and lowered their windows. Some patrons opened chairs and umbrellas to protect against the heavy afternoon heat, placed dinner trays on laps, and sat alone or in familial clusters waiting for the show to…
Coffee BreakCoffee Break: Make You SweatJesse Wiza • Jul 8, 2020We've got an excessive heat warning in the Twin Cities today, high humidity with heat indices around 103* F. For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that mention "sweat" in the lyrics or title?
Rock and Roll Book ClubRock and Roll Book Club: Amiri Baraka's 'Blues People'Jay Gabler • Jul 8, 2020Every once in a while for the Rock and Roll Book Club, we set new titles aside and go back to spotlight a classic. There are few music books more essential than Amiri Baraka's 1963 'Blues People: Negro Music in White America.'