Run-D.M.C. will be the first rappers ever to receive a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. The Recording Academy announced on Wednesday that the iconic trio will be this year’s recipients of the award previously presented to the likes of Jefferson Airplane, Herbie Hancock, and Linda Ronstadt. (Billboard) We are remembering the life and music of David Bowie in a series of…

Today's Coffee Break is a celebration of all things "woo". Send us your ideas for songs that say "woo", "woo woo", "woo hoo", or even deal with "wooing" someone.

This week feels like a special show for me, because I have been following Holly Hansen’s career, interviewing her, and listening to her music for almost the entire time that I’ve worked full-time as a professional music journalist in the Twin Cities. I’ve probably seen her perform with her band Zoo Animal about a dozen times, and…

Natalie Cole was laid to rest on Monday with a memorial service at the Church of God in Los Angeles. Among those in attendance at the service were Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder, Lionel Richie, and Chaka Khan. “I feel so blessed to have called you my friend, and my buddy, and many times my confidante,” said Robinson. “You are…

10. Decorated with what looked like the cheapest decorations you could get at Party America, France Camp’s release show was fantastically weird. Jay, pictured above, failed in his coordination of a raffle to let a crowd member smash a guitar. He then handed the guitar off to a friend who gladly destroyed it. This was…

Over here at the Morning Show, we're getting excited for Rock the Cradle, our annual kids event. So for today's Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that kids love to dance to?

Each week on the Local Show, we’ll meet a new person from the Minnesota music community who has some fresh discoveries to share in a feature called “Ask a Cool Person.” These people will come from all corners of the scene, including record store clerks, recording studio engineers and producers, artists, writers, bookers, photographers, and…

The day the music died — when a plane carrying Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson crashed in Clearlake, Iowa — was also the day that a new young performer from Fargo would begin his rise to fame. That night, 15-year-old Bobby Vee replaced the lost stars in their scheduled performance, and…

Bob Mould has announced a new album: Patch the Sky will be released March 25. Mould says it will be the “darkest” yet “catchiest” of his recent albums. He’s also responded to Hüsker Dü reunion rumors that have circulated since the band launched an official merchandise site. “No reunion,” said Mould. “I never want to take advantage of…

As peers learn of his loss to an 18-month-long battle with cancer and flock to social media to remember the late, great music legend, to remember the late legend, we're sharing our first and favorite memories of David Bowie.