Miss Anthropocene is not necessarily a happy experience, but then again, these days, what is? It's another unexpected yet striking step from one of our great auteurs.

In the wake of the devastating tornado that ripped through Middle Tennessee, Nashville musicians and artists are rallying to provide relief to survivors. A benefit concert featuring Brandi Carlile, Jason Isbell, Margo Price, Dan Auerbach, Yola and other luminaries will be held Monday, March 9 in Nashville.

'We are devastated to share this news with you,' organizers said in a statement. 'The show must go on is in our DNA, and this is the first time in 34 years that the March event will not take place.'

Rock the Cradle is upon us! It's an event for kids and their grownups to explore music, art and culture and it'll be held at the Minneapolis Institute of Art at 11 am on Sunday. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what Current songs do you want to hear that kids love?

If you have a music video you’d like to be considered for an upcoming feature, give me a shout at fridayfive@mpr.org! Lady Lark – “Right Kind of Love” Lady Lark brings it with this seriously catchy disco-inspired cut from latest album Permission. With new backing band Purple Funk Metropolis, the album was “written as an antidote…

A deadly tornado cut a path across Tennessee this week and the famous Nashville music venue Basement East was severely damaged. For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what Nashville artists do you want to hear?

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to the Americana-songwriter-turned-pop-star about her new concept album, which fictionalizes her own experiences with fame.

East Nashville, where many artists and industry folks work and live, was hit particularly hard by the tornado that swept through the city in the early hours of Tuesday.

James Lipton, founder of the Actors Studio Drama School of Pace University and longtime host of "Inside the Actors Studio", died at the age of 93 on Monday. For today's 9:30 Coffee Break in honor of James Lipton, what songs do you want to hear that ask a question?

A new history chronicles the Twin Cities establishments that don't make a lot of postcards or get placed on historical registers (usually), but that have been the hubs of countless scenes from Polish union workers to barfly folksingers.