With 'Beast Epic,' an organic and earthy folk album, Sam Beam aka Iron & Wine appears to be back to what he is best at.

Ever since Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico, the island has been struggling with limited power, water, and fuel. Musicians in Minnesota are stepping up to do their part with shows including a Kitty Cat Club fundraiser tomorrow called “Fuerza” — Spanish for “strength” — as well as a Tom Petty tribute tonight at the Turf Club,…

What would make longtime Indigo Girl Emily Saliers decide to embark on a solo album and tour? Saliers talks with Brian Oake and Jill Riley about why it was time for her to strike out on her own.

Janis Joplin died today in 1970 at the age of 27. We're going to curate a playlist of songs that she covered for today's Coffee Break. So just sit back, enjoy, and learn a little something!

Martin Popoff isn't the first writer to dice the Led Zeppelin catalog song-by-song, but his new book is a handy guide to one of the rock era's most important bodies of work.

This week, Mary Lucia is joined by Andrea Swensson, and they talk about remembering and celebrating the life and music of Tom Petty with you. 'I just wanted you guys to know that we, on the other side of the radio, are music fans,' Mary says, 'and we feel this loss just like you do.'

Between two sold-out shows at the Palace Theatre in St. Paul, the Fleet Foxes frontman talked about visiting the Walker Art Center, what it's like playing at the Palace and at Red Rocks, and how Fleet Foxes may be gaining something in common with the Grateful Dead.

Tom Petty passed away last night. He was 66 years old and had just concluded his 40th anniversary tour with his band, the Heartbreakers. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what Tom Petty songs do you want to hear?

“For all his present eminence,” I wrote in a review of Tom Petty’s last Minnesota concert, “Petty still comes off as the kid who’s cool because he takes himself seriously, but not too seriously. That’s the image that appears on the cover of Damn the Torpedoes and other early albums: the lanky, sun-kissed Florida boy who’s running down a…

Update, 6:30 a.m., October 3: Rock star Tom Petty has died, his manager Tony Dimitriades announced Monday. He was found in critical condition at his home in Malibu, Calif., Sunday night after suffering full cardiac arrest, as first reported by the website TMZ. Petty was taken to UCLA Santa Monica Hospital, where he died on…