Built on a theme of an imaginary, idealized Italy, Phoenix's sixth full-length, 'Ti Amo,' is an album that creates a mood. It envelops you in a state of nostalgia and longing for a better time and place, even if it only exists in your mind.

Eight-year-old Cristiano first heard Prince just after the music icon died. His dad, Chris Provenzano, started playing all Prince’s old records around the house. Now, Cristiano has a Purple Rain t-shirt. For the boy’s birthday, the Chicago father and son drove up to see the Prince-themed Twins game against the White Sox last week and got a VIP tour of Paisley Park.…

We're gearing up for a weekend of Pride activities including special programming from Mac Wilson and DJ Shannon Blowtorch, The Beer Dabbler, En Vogue in Loring Park, and the annual pride parade. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that exemplify what Pride means to you?

It's National Pollinator Week which promotes protecting bees, butterflies and pollinators. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that mention bees, butterflies, flowers and honey?

Chris Mars, founding drummer of the Replacements, devotes most of his time and energy these days to his second career as a painter. He released four solo albums in the ’90s, wrote a 2012 song in honor of former bandmate Slim Dunlap, and contributed a Dunlap cover to the Replacements’ 2013 EP Songs for Slim, but…

Thanks to Becky who wrote in to remind us that today is National Selfie Day. With that in mind, we have an interesting take on today's Coffee Break topic: What songs do you want to hear where the band either references itself, or one of the members of the band, in the lyrics?

William McKeen's 'Everybody Had an Ocean' promises to tell the story of 'music and mayhem in 1960s Los Angeles,' and while it delivers much more music than mayhem, it's still a great read.

I don’t go a day without listening to music. Whether it’s in my headphones or in any Bluetooth speaker I can find, I’ve got to get my fix. My music choice in the morning is essential to how I’ll feel for the rest of the day. A lot of people look at my age and my…

Derrick Stevens, The Current's Production Manager, joins Mary Lucia to talk about a recent event he participated in that focused on music and race in Minnesota and in the wider music and entertainment industries.

It's the first day of summer, and it's Brian Wilson's 75th birthday, a man whose music embodied the feeling of sunshine, beaches and warm weather. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what summer songs do you want to hear?