In the wake of Prince’s death last April 21, fans from around the world made their way to Paisley Park to pay their respects — in many cases, with notes and memorials they affixed to the fence surrounding Prince’s Chanhassen studio. Paisley Park collected those items and brought them into its permanent collection, and when the…

Conor Oberst's eighth solo studio album is a kind of companion piece to last year's effort, 'Ruminations.' Plugged in and fleshed out with a full band made up of Oberst's friends gives 'Salutations' a loose and fun feel that DJ Bill DeVille likens to Bob Dylan and the Band's Big Pink sessions.

What happens when you take a gifted toulousaine and send her to Dubai, then the Republic of the Congo, then Parisian art school? She might grow up admiring South African artist/activist Miriam Makeba. She might take to percussion, as if beats twirled in her core. She could build songs out of nothing — a rhythm…

Friday, March 31, is National Crayon Day. The art-supplies manufacturer Crayola plans to mark the occasion by retiring the color Dandelion to its Crayola Hall of Fame. With all this talk of crayons, we're wondering what songs you'd like to hear that mention colors. Send us your request for today's Coffee Break.

Good Night Gold Dust, “Waves” Bring on the vignette and overlays, cry Mankato quartet Good Night Gold Dust here, and they totally make it work. If you haven’t had a chance to hear “Waves,” come for the video’s Insta-worthy aesthetic and stay for Laura Schultz’s vocals. Dwynell Roland, “Eva Change” The beat takes it easy on Dwynell…

It's Thursday, March 30 which means it's National Doctors' Day. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that mention doctors in the lyrics?

In a recent interview in 'Rolling Stone,' Father John Misty spoke candidly about dropping acid. Ever since reading it, Mary Lucia's thoughts have been spinning. 'I have no puritanical judgment about drug use,' Mary writes. 'It would simply be too hypocritical.' But it's good food for thought -- and Mary shares those thoughts in this week's column.

We recently did a Coffee Break of "single-named artists" celebrating HALEY's new moniker, and listener Holland wrote in with a great variation on this topic. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what bands do you want to hear that have a double name (like Duran Duran)?

'Devil's Music, Holy Rollers and Hillbillies' is a concise and readable guide to the origins of rock and roll.

The Swedish Academy has announced that Bob Dylan will formally accept his Nobel Prize in Literature this weekend in a “small and intimate” ceremony in Stockholm. “No media will be present; only Bob Dylan and members of the Academy will attend, all according to Dylan’s wishes,” writes the Academy’s Sara Danius in a blog post…