Lydia Liza, known off stage as Lydia Hoglund, got her start fronting the band Bomba de Luz and put out her first EP when she was just 16 years old. She was already leaps and bounds ahead of other Twin Cities musicians in many different ways – she was taking songwriting classes at McNally Smith…

Today is Oct. 21, 2015, the futuristic date to which Marty McFly and Doc Brown travel in the 1989 film, 'Back to the Future II.' So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that mention future, time travel or time? Send us your requests.

The lineup for the 2015 Sound Unseen festival has recently been announced. The festival runs from Nov. 11-15. As always, the event will feature a variety of music-based films and documentaries. Different movies will be shown at four locations: McNally Smith College of Music and Bedlam Theatre in St. Paul; and the Trylon Microcinema and Bryant-Lake…

The Parkway Theater will be showing a screening of the highly-acclaimed vampire film Nosferatu on Oct. 25. The showing will feature a live score from small orchestra ensemble the Rats and People Motion Picture Orchestra Minnesota. Despite their name, the Rats and People Motion Picture Orchestra Minnesota actually started in St. Louis. They have been accompanying silent films since…

In a move that will surprise precisely 0% of the people who attended this year’s inaugural event, the wildly successful Eaux Claires Music & Arts Festival has announced its plans to return to the Foster Farms grounds outside of Eau Claire, Wisconsin on August 12 and 13, 2016. Curated by Justin Vernon of Bon Iver…

Aerosmith drummer Joey Kramer is opening a “Rockin’ and Roastin’ Cafe & Restaurant” at a ski resort town in Maine, and the planned menu items make unsubtle reference to the new restaurateur’s musical history. Among the items announced so far: “Janie’s Got a Bun” and “Livin’ on a Wedge.” (Boston Magazine) Adele has shared an update on…

In the words of Jake Heinitz, “If there is something cool going on in the city, he probably had something to do with it.” You might not recognize Mark Fogarty’s name or even his face—he remained so entrenched behind the scenes that he refused to operate personal social media accounts, much less broadcast any of…

On the birthdate of the influential pianist and arranger Jelly Roll Morton, we're thinking about songs that have great keyboard parts. For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that have great keyboard parts? Send us your requests.

Father You See Queen: Father You See Queen Father You See Queen’s new single “Simone” is a wonderful mixture of lo-fi, minimalism, and experimentation. The vocals bring the rhythm before the drum track comes snapping and popping, taking it from there. It’s the stripped-down production style of thestand4rd, but more delicate and whimsical. The duo…

Last year, FX debuted Fargo: a TV series inspired by the Coen Brothers’ 1996 movie. The show was a hit, and a second season has just begun. To help shed light on this fast-moving and fascinating crime series set in Minnesota, MPR News has launched a weekly podcast called “Aw Jeez.” In each episode, Tracy Mumford…