After 27 years at Minnesota Public Radio, Bob Collins is retiring. He'll join his "best friend for five minutes" Mary Lucia from 2-4:30 this afternoon to talk about his legacy at MPR and do one last news break. We will miss you Bob! For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that are performed by a Bob? Variations on the name are welcome.

Tony “Little Sun” Glover, whose folk and blues stylings influenced generations of American musicians but had a special impact on those who shared his Minneapolis neighborhoods, has died at age 79 due to natural causes, the Star Tribune reports. A fierce harmonica player well-known for his musical partnership with Spider John Koerner and the late…

Rolling Stone has named Billie Eilish Teenager of the Year. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what musicians and bands to you want to hear that rose to fame in their teens?

In 'Serving the Servant,' Nirvana's co-manager Danny Goldberg paints a picture of Kurt Cobain as a deliberate, aware, and visionary rock star.

After the blazing heat last Memorial Day weekend and tornado watches in years past, Soundset finally enjoyed a sunny, 75-degree day. About 30,000 people attended the State Fairgrounds just outside St. Paul to see Lil Wayne, SZA, and more.

We played the Ting Tings' "Shut Up and Let Me Go" this morning and it got us thinking about all of the great male/female duos out there. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what male/female duos do you want to hear?

The debut album from Jade Bird is strikingly agnostic of genre, the songs are incredibly versatile in how they are structured and voiced.

As we head into this 3-day weekend, we are excited to announce our next set of Oake & Riley in the Afternoon happy hour events. In the meantime, what songs do you want to hear for today's 9:30 Coffee Break that mention happy, joy, glee, etc?

Paul Dickinson is Minnesota’s premier punk poet, frontman of Frances Gumm, co-founder of Dead Media, and former proprietor of the Speedboat Gallery — a St. Paul art space with a literally underground music venue where Green Day once played for $100. He certainly puts the “auto” into his new autobiography, Junker Dreams. The memoir brings…

Velvet Negroni – “Confetti” You’d think someone who’d just announced a new album would feel pretty amped, but Velvet Negroni looks unfazed in this hibachi-centered video. Welcome to the nighttime, cold-as-ice, gorgeous vibes of NEON BROWN, out August 30 via 4AD. Jillian Rae – “Medication” Jillian Rae released “Medication” as a single almost a year ago,…