This week, Mary Lucia shares her thoughts about a couple powerful documentaries she's seen recently. 'I had a conversation with someone I respect creatively about forced inspiration,' Mary writes. ' We tried offering each other ideas to jump-start our respective juices. I immediately thought of recommending to him a few documentaries I've recently consumed that lit a fire under me.' Have a closer look at Mary's documentary recommendations.

In what’s shaping up to be the biggest weekend in Prince news since his untimely passing, CNN’s HLN network has announced it will air a new documentary, Prince: The End, this Friday night to coincide with a big Prince tribute planned at Sunday night’s Grammys and Prince’s catalog reportedly hitting multiple major streaming services. According…

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaake uuuuuuuuuuuuuup! For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, we're looking for songs that would be great as an alarm clock wake up song.

'Universal Harvester,' the new novel by Mountain Goats leader John Darnielle, has an uber-creepy premise - but the book's shocks turn out to be more emotional than physical.

The official announcement of the 2017 Eaux Claires festival lineup won’t be made until tomorrow (Thursday, Feb. 9) at noon, but early ticketholders are starting to received mailed pamphlets that tease a lineup including Paul Simon, Chance the Rapper, Wilco, and…not Bon Iver performing a regular set, but “presenting” a set by John Prine. A…

Celebrations for the New England Patriots' Super Bowl win happen today and Boston is getting ready to party. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear from Boston area bands?

Rising singer-songwriter Angelica Garcia joined 'New Hot' host David Safar for a conversation about her debut album 'Medicine for Birds,' what it was like working with the Civil Wars' former producer Charlie Peacock and the meaning behind her captivating single "Orange Flower."

The Revolution have announced four late-April tour dates in major U.S. cities. The shows — in Chicago (Metro, April 23), D.C. (Fillmore Silver Spring, April 27), New York City (B.B. King’s, April 28), and Philadelphia (Theatre of Living Arts, April 29) — will follow the band’s scheduled performance at the Paisley Park Celebration (April 20-23). The…

Today in 1952, King George VI of Great Britain and Northern Ireland passed away and Princess Elizabeth, the oldest of his two daughters, was crowned Queen Elizabeth II at the age of 27. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that mention "queen" in the lyrics?

Foxygen's newest album is lushly backed by a 40-piece orchestra, creating a rich sound that harks back to 1960s pop and to landmark albums of the 1970s.