Coffee BreakCoffee Break: Dynamic DuosJill Riley and Nilufer Arsala • Apr 2, 2025For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs from musical partners would you like to hear?
In MemoriamVal Kilmer, 'Top Gun' star with an intense approach, dies at 65The Associated Press • Apr 2, 2025Val Kilmer died from pneumonia. He had recovered after a 2014 throat cancer diagnosis that required two tracheotomies.
PhotosPhotos: Big Ears Festival features eclectic lineup Apr 1, 2025Alan Sparhawk, Sunny War, Phil Cook, Rufus Wainwright, Beth Gibbons and Wilco’s Nels Cline were among the performers at this four-day festival in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Coffee BreakCoffee Break: Is it Over?Jill Riley and Nilufer Arsala • Apr 1, 2025For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs with false endings would you like to hear?
Coffee BreakCoffee Break: The End is the BeginningJill Riley and Nilufer Arsala • Mar 31, 2025For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs about endings or beginnings would you like to hear?
Coffee BreakCoffee Break: Honorable MentionsJill Riley and Nilufer Arsala • Mar 28, 2025For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs from albums that didn’t make the March Music Madness bracket would you like to hear?
PhotosPhotos: Rochester Thaw 2025 packs Med City with live music Rosei Skipper • Mar 25, 2025On March 22, 30 acts playing across six venues in the heart of downtown Rochester, Minnesota, made for an action-packed Saturday filled with live music.
ReviewsStuart Murdoch delivers a sunny portrait of the artist as a young manLuke Taylor • Mar 24, 2025The Belle & Sebastian frontman has gifted fans with a delightful semi-autobiographical tale of a young musician’s artistic awakening.
Coffee BreakCoffee Break: ReunitedJill Riley and Nilufer Arsala • Mar 21, 2025For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs from bands that have gotten back together would you like to hear?
News and InterviewsJapanese Breakfast's Michelle Zauner embraces melancholy in new albumLindsay Totty • Mar 21, 2025With a new album, Michelle Zauner tells NPR she is finally finding balance between all the things she yearns for: her career goals, a connection to family and a connection to her ancestral home of Korea.