We decided to focus on one aspect of the Irish for today's Coffee Break, their luck. What songs about luck or being lucky do you want to hear for today's 9:30 Coffee Break?

Ray Charles launched his record label, The Beatles added a woman to the mix, and U2 won a talent competition in Dublin Today in Music History.

Migrating long distances over the course of a career is nothing new for musicians from Minnesota. Musicians move away seeking the potential for larger audiences, greater acclaim, bigger paychecks, or simply new frontiers. It’s rare, though, that people move anywhere without a backward glance, and that holds true for musicians. They don’t sever all ties…

Drive-By Truckers are back with the tenth album of their nearly 20-year career, and this might be one their finest. The Truckers sing about what they know: real people with real-life problems in small-town America. They deliver their music with conviction, simplicity and grit.

At the end of Prince’s surprisingly endearing post-Super-Bowl guest turn on Zooey Deschanel’s hit sitcom New Girl, he invited Deschanel’s character Jess to join him onstage—with her pals—for a duet performance of a new song that asks the musical question, “Don’t (don’t), don’t you wanna (don’t you wanna), wanna fall in love tonight?” To add…

Starting this Friday at 10 p.m., you can tune in to Mary Lucia's new specialty program, 'Rock 'n' Roll Radio'. How excited is Mary about this new weekly show? "Like a crazy person," she says.

Happy Friday, friends! I’m keeping this one short and sweet. Between the SXSW live broadcast going on this afternoon and the sunny weather taunting us outside, I’m guessing we’re all itching to get away from our computers right about now. How about a handful of new local music videos to make the last part of…

As the lead singer of the pioneering ’60s garage band the Monks, Gary Burger is often cited as one of the unsung heroes of early punk rock and one of the originators of guitar feedback. And as the mayor of Turtle River, Minn., Burger spent the later part of his life modestly tucking away his…

It's Pi(e) Day and we're looking for songs about pi, pie, or circles. What should we play?

DAY 1 It was 5:30 in the morning. I was squinting to distinguish my all-black wardrobe from the shadows, attempting to pack in the dark for Austin, soaked in wine. I couldn’t see what was socks and what was underwear. In three evil hours my lawyer, Mr. B, would pick me up in his silver…