When it comes to compiling a list of Minnesota Grammy winners, the question becomes, what exactly constitutes being a Minnesotan? Is it being born here, living a certain amount of years in the state, being involved in the community, being in tune with the local music scene, loving to eat Nut Goodies? In some ways,…

As was widely expected, Prince’s music is being released today across major streaming services. 19 albums are now available on Spotify, Amazon, and elsewhere; as expected, the release includes much of Prince’s Warner Bros. catalog, but not his releases between 1994’s Come and 2014’s Plectrumelectrum (with 3RDEYEGIRL) and Art Official Age. Prince’s estate has just made a deal for the…

In a Song Exploder segment from sister station KPCC's The Frame, R&B singer-songwriter Solange Knowles breaks down her Grammy-nominated song 'Cranes In the Sky,' one of the many highlights from her highly regarded 2016 album, 'A Seat at the Table.'

If Sturgill Simpson wins Album Of The Year at the Grammys this weekend, it'll be surprising -- but not shocking.

The nominees in the Grammy Awards' Best Rap Album category show how hip-hop has, across multiple platforms from video to streaming audio to crowd-funding, come to own the Internet.

For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what nominees for the 59th Grammy Awards do you want to hear?

“[The Current] started playing ‘Wandering Star’ by the new local band Poliça five months ago,” Mark Wheat wrote back in February 2012. “Our audience immediately reacted emailing and calling every time I played it, liking it for reasons they often couldn’t describe […] I’ve also always loved two drummers in a band, but it has seldom…

Dead Man Winter, “Destroyer” I had trouble deciding what to screencap from this video. Lydia Liza throwing off her coat? Holly Hansen dancing with her guitar? Lazerbeak doing air banjo? I ended up at Alan Sparhawk doing the most anguished lip syncing of his career. But any of the cameos Dead Man Winter pulled together…

In an interview with KPCC's John Horn, Dave and Pos of De La Soul reveal their innovative approach to making their latest album, which paid off with a Grammy nomination.

It's National Pizza Day! But there are no good songs about pizza. So for today's Coffee Break, what songs that mention playing card suits do you want to hear?