'Am I the only person alive who has adored Prince my entire life but wants him to remain a mystery?' Mary Lucia asks. During the week we remember Prince one year after he left us, Mary thoughtfully describes her desire to be up close and personal with Prince's music but not his private life.

The deadline for filing taxes on income earned in 2016 is tonight at midnight. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that embody the way you feel about your taxes this year?

We all know Purple Rain is godhead, right? And yet, I’d argue that the two best Prince songs of 1984 aren’t even on it. Instead, they were released on the B-sides of that album’s pair of number one hits. In fact, the first released, on the flip side of “When Doves Cry,” the lustrous “17…

Prince fans are traveling from far and wide this week to commemorate the anniversary of their loved one’s death. Many will attend Celebration at Paisley Park; more will explore Prince’s hometown, Chanhassen; droves will party at First Avenue. Some travelers will visit a place unknown to many locals, a so-called hidden gem of Minneapolis: the Textile Center, which is currently presenting a Prince-centric…

April 17 is the birthday of the Ford Mustang, which debuted at the World's Fair on this day in 1964. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that mention the make and model of a car? (Special bonus points for Ford Mustang references.)

The tallest building in Minnesota will turn purple this week in honor of Prince, on the one-year anniversary of the music icon’s tragic death. The IDS Center is just one of the Minneapolis landmarks slated to go purple for Prince this Thursday and/or Friday: U.S. Bank Stadium, Target Field, the I-35W Bridge, and the Hennepin County…

Get ready to face the ugliness of humanity, head on, per the gospel of Father John Misty.

“I want to try, I want to risk,” Dessa raps on her blistering takedown of Midwestern modesty, “Fighting Fish.” That line could have just as easily been the tagline for her gargantuan collaboration with the Minnesota Orchestra, which debuted Friday night and will be reprised on Saturday. Dessa herself described the production as her most ambitious gig yet, and that word,…

To help us gear up for tonight's #MicroShow with Craig Finn, let's listen to some sprechgesang - a style of dramatic vocalization between speech and song. So for today's Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that have talk-singing?

It was a night I’ll never forget. It was a random weeknight in September 2012, and I was making my way over to the corner of Lake and Lyndale to visit the offices of Secret Stash Records, then an up-and-coming new reissue label in town. I’d gotten to know some of the staff of the…