So you’re a Prince superfan. Could you name any Prince song if you only hear the song’s first second? How about the first half-second? How about the first quarter-second? Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon couldn’t stump his bandleader, Prince obsessive Questlove, in a special “Prince Edition” of a One-Second Song Quiz that Fallon says was inspired…

Al Church, of solo musicianship and many Twin Cities bands, releases his album Night Games on April 27. Ahead of the drop, he visited the Local Show to play some music and talk with Andrea Swensson.

Yesterday, Mary Lucia had a great conversation with Joey Burns of Calexico, a band she had previously thought of as being too smart for her to get. But it got Mary thinking: What bands do you think are too smart for you to understand? Share your thoughts.

A couple of weeks ago we did a Coffee Break featuring songs that HAVE to be played back to back. Today, we want to take a variation on that theme. What medleys do you want to hear? We'll see how many we can cram into 30 minutes.

“This is the most fun I’ve had doing this in a while,” said Katie Crutchfield, smiling. “It’s always fun, but…you know.” The devoted Mainroom crowd took those words to heart last night at First Avenue, since the leader of Waxahatchee isn’t much for stage banter. In a set so fast-paced and powerful that it seemed…

Troy Carter, an executive who’s serving as “entertainment advisor” to Prince’s estate, tells Variety that the estate is planning to release “a full-length album” of previously unreleased Prince material sometime this fall. Although Carter didn’t divulge many details about the music, he indicted that the release will be a cohesive body of work from a…

Earth Day was yesterday and April is Water Month at MPR so we thought it was high time to listen to some water-related music. So for today's Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that mention a body of water?

This week's Album of the Week is 'Dirty Computer' from Janelle Monae. There are songs of self-acceptance, a delicate celebration of all things fem, and a funky Prince-inspired song about feeling real love -- and rumor is, he played synthesizer and produced the track.

Will Celebration return? It sure sounds like it, based on the questions that Graceland’s managing partner Joel Weinshanker asked attendees on Saturday — and the responses he got. “Who’s coming back next year?” he asked a full soundstage audience before the evening activities began at Paisley Park. Most hands shot up. “Okay,” he noted. “Next…

They’d passed all the preliminary rounds, and last night was the finale for five bands as they competed for the opening spot at Spring Jam tonight. Due to unfortunate (snow) circumstances earlier this week and the ground being too soft for the typically outdoor stage setup, it was moved inside to the Great Hall in Coffman this…