During prolonged winters, people will often use light therapy as a means of warding off the adverse effects of seasonal affective disorder. The intensity of the lux from these lights invigorates our retinal cells — which are connected to the hypothalamus. This region of the brain releases critical hormones and helps regulate body temperature; stimulating…

Bob Dylan's new song "I Contain Multitudes" makes many historical references including nods to writers, music, poems, and quotes. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that teach you a little something about history?

Capturing the essence of their riotously fun live shows on a record, Heart Bones' debut is brawny and sprightly. Until the day we can once again watch Ellis and Tillmann boogie around the stage in spandex, 'Hot Dish' will hit all the right pleasure spots.

Morning Show host Jill Riley has been spending her mornings chatting with various musicians about what they have been up to while the music industry has been essentially put on pause to slow the spread of COVID-19. She connected with Minnesota singer-songwriter Mason Jennings to discuss what he’s been doing to keep busy during this…

Whoever you are and whatever is going on with you these days, life probably looks a lot different now than it did a few weeks ago, and we don't know if we're going to go back to the same world that we once knew once this pandemic is over. So for today's 9:30 coffee break, what songs do you want to hear that reference change?

After playing guitar in Radiohead for 35 years, since 1985, Ed O’Brien has now released his debut solo record called Earth under the moniker EOB. Morning Show host Jill Riley got a chance to catch up with O’Brien and discuss the inspiration for his new record, how his process was both influenced by and greatly differed…

If you have a music video you’d like to be considered for an upcoming feature, send it my way at fridayfive@mpr.org! Moise – “Try Try” “Try Try” is the first single to be released from Moise‘s upcoming debut album Postcards I Forgot to Send. The song features production from super producer Psymun and an endlessly catchy…

Though we are experiencing a worldwide crisis, Jill treks into work every weekday to provide you curated playlists, news breaks, interviews with artists around the globe, and a daily opportunity to influence the music we play through the Coffee Break. That's what's behind the spirit of Public Radio Music Day. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what bands do you want to hear that hail from the cities of our public radio peers?

Bill Cunningham was a lot of things in his life, but he is primarily remembered as a street photographer in New York, who lived a life unlike just about anyone you can imagine; 'Bill Cunningham New York' chronicles that life. 'Even if you're not into fashion, you'll like it,' Mary says. 'You'll like it just as a character of New York.'

Yesterday we talked about helping, and today we want to talk about unity. If there's ever been a time for unity, it's now. What songs do you want to hear that make you feel connected -- to each other and your community?