Bob Dylan swears he’s excited to be the first rocker to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature — it’s “amazing, incredible” — but he’s not going to be able to make it to Sweden next month to pick up his prize in person. Oh, and he’ll also be passing on a White House reception for this…

The script to David Bowie's musical 'Lazarus' has now been published in book form, and it's an essential aid to understanding the music icon's life and work in the last years of his life.

“Baby it’s Cold Outside” is one of those classic Christmas songs we’ve been listening to every year since it was first penned by Frank Loesser in 1944, making its debut in the 1949 film Neptune’s Daughter. Today, though, it’s hard to listen to the song without cringing. The charged duet between a man and a woman…

This week, Mary Lucia interviews singer-songwriter and bassist, Cait O'Riordan, whose musical CV includes playing in the Pogues in the mid-1980s. Lucia and O'Riordan discuss some rules to live by, 'Insomnia Jeopardy' and a writer's sense of nostalgia, among other topics. O'Riordan also shares one of her prouder moments (it involves television and the Irish sport of hurling).

Adam wrote in with a great suggestion for today's Coffee Break. What songs do you want to hear whose titles never appear in the lyrics?

Prince’s 1987 classic Sign “O” the Times is among this year’s inductees into the Grammy Hall of Fame. The album enters the hall alongside 24 additional titles including Elvis Presley’s “Jailhouse Rock,” David Bowie’s “Changes,” and N.W.A.’s Straight Outta Compton. “The Grammy Hall Of Fame was established by the Recording Academy’s National Trustees in 1973 to honor…

The Orwells formed in high school, and they released their debut album 'Disgraceland' in 2014. They're back with another solid rock 'n' roll album, 'Terrible Human Beings,' from which comes Mary Lucia's DJ Pick of the Week: 'They Put a Body in the Bayou.'

It's Cyber Monday - one of the biggest shopping days of the year when people take to the Internet to find online deals. So for today's Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that mention shopping, buying, selling, etc.?

Paisley Park has announced that will host a four-day gathering this spring to mark the first anniversary of Prince’s April 21 death. “Celebration 2017,” which will take place at the Chanhassen venue from April 20-23, is billed as an event “bringing together musicians, creative personnel, special guests and friends who worked closest with Prince and…

Regina's Spektor's seventh studio album is a collection of 11 songs that stay true to her artistic vision while subtly experimenting with arrangements and instrumentation in the process.