Red Daughters’ Aaron Lee, better known as “Hix,” was shot this weekend in northeast Minneapolis. The shooting occurred around 10:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 8 on the corner of 13th Street and 4th Avenue NE. As reported by the Star Tribune and WCCO, singer and multi-instrumentalist Hix and his girlfriend, Katie Szczepaniak, were on their way…

There's no roadmap for Atmosphere at this point in their career, there's no hip-hop group that's been at this level of commercial success for twenty years.

With a growing arts and culture scene, Rochester is making more of a name for itself than just medicine. Nowadays there are more and more up-and-coming artists emerging out of Rochester and growing an audience that extends past city boundaries. Many of those musicians making names for themselves are young people. Here’s a look at…

This year’s Caravan du Nord kicks off in Faribault tonight: Friday, Oct. 5. Organized by the Minnesota Music Coalition (MMC) and sponsored by The Current, the series will also stop in Red Wing and Austin. In Faribault, the MCC will host a Q&A with students at Shattuck-St. Mary’s School and have a social gathering at…

Friday Oct. 5 is World Smile Day - coined and initiated by Harvey Ball, a commercial artist from Massachusetts who created the smiley face in 1963. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that mention smiling?

The new version of A Star is Born, featuring Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper, released Friday. It’s the fourth take on one of Hollywood’s favorite tales, and we thought we’d take a look back 64 years ago when perhaps the best of the four, starring Minnesota native Judy Garland, came out. In the 1954 edition of…

deM atlas – Bad Loves Company Visual EP deM atlaS plays himself in this five-song visual EP, a taste of his upcoming debut album Bad Actress (out Oct. 19). Directed by Dave Wilson, the video is all absurdism, pleasure, and armadillos — and finally some peace. It includes “Tomorrow Party,” “Bad Loves Company,” “Music Man,” “Gratitude,” and “Can…

This week, CityPages published an article called "How we unplug: 7 ways to escape the roiling seas of modern life" that has been making us think about ways that we relax. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs make you chill out, and also, what do you do to relax?

After two seasons, the the Minnesota Wild is dropping Prince's "Let's Go Crazy" as their official goal song. Wild season ticket holders will be able to vote to go back to the old goal song "Crowd Chant" or Kaleo's "Glass House". For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, tell us - what songs would make good options for the Wild's goal song?

There's never been a music memoir quite like Dessa's.