As a part of her “Phone a Friend” series, Morning Show host Jill Riley made her first call to Canada to check in with Montreal-based singer-songwriter Sam Roberts. Roberts discussed his response to the global pandemic both as a musician and as a parent, ranging from how one should explain what’s going on to children,…

Morning Show host Jill Riley has being phoning many friends across the music world locally, nationally, and internationally. With the 50th anniversary of First Avenue landing while the venue is closed due to the global health crisis, it seemed essential to check in with longtime First Ave employee Roy Freid, who is one of the…

John Prine has passed away at age 73 from complications related to COVID0-19. For his birthday last October we dove into a bunch of John Prine covers for the Coffee Break, so let's revisit more today. For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what John Prine covers do you want to hear?

The Who's John Entwistle was perhaps the quintessential bassist in rock history; drawing on sources including memoir notes by 'the Ox' himself, Paul Rees has written a clear-eyed and informative biography.

Spoiler alert: it’s not purple any more. 1235 Sierra Alta Way, a mansion in Los Angeles, looms large in Prince lore as the house he rented from NBA player Carlos Boozer from September 2005 to May 2006. As recounted on TopTenRealEstateDeals.com: When Alaskan-born Boozer signed with the Utah Jazz in 2004 for big money, he…

Conway, originally from Owatonna, Minn., has long been a part of the Boston music scene. Once a member of 1990s band Morphine, Conway has been largely plying his trade over the past decade with singer-songwriter Jeffrey Foucault.

Home. It's where we are (or should be) spending all of our time now, except for essential workers and for getting necessarily supplies and services.

Whether you are home bound, social distancing, out of the job, or just trying to get by day to day in the weird times we're living in, chances are you are off of your typical hair game. Most hair salons (and waxing places!) are closed and even though it's only been a few weeks, and some of us are feeling a little unkempt. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that mention hair?

'Ceremony' is a compelling listen from Phantogram, arriving with messages of empowerment.

Like many other brick-and-mortar stores in the time of COVID-19, Fifth Element — the record shop and home-base of the Minneapolis rap label Rhymesayers — was forced to close its doors due to its designation as “non-essential business.” What patrons may not have realized was that this one-stop-shop for all things Twin Cities hip-hop was…