Coffee BreakCoffee Break: HinterlandAnna Weggel • Feb 11, 2020The Hinterland Music Festival in Iowa will be July 31 - August 2 and the lineup has been announced as of today. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, let's take a listen to artists that will be playing this year's Hinterland.
Coffee BreakCoffee Break: Non-English lyricsAnna Weggel • Feb 10, 2020Last night Bong Joon-ho's "Parasite" became the first non-English language film to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that have non-English lyrics?
Coffee BreakCoffee Break: Please Feb 7, 2020Today in 1963, the first Beatles single "Please Please Me" was released in the U.S. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that say please?
Coffee BreakCoffee Break: Songs for an adhesive commercialAnna Weggel • Feb 6, 2020Last night Jill glued her finger to a toy she was fixing and it got us thinking - what songs would work well in an adhesive commercial?
Coffee BreakCoffee Break: Bands that are hard to googleAnna Weggel • Feb 5, 2020We're playing a new band called "FEET" and Jill had the great idea to feature bands that would be hard to google for today's 9:30 Coffee Break. What bands do you want to hear that would fit that bill?
Coffee BreakCoffee Break: Artists with PersonasJesse Wiza • Feb 4, 2020It's Alice Cooper's birthday, and today in 1976 David Bowie debuted his persona as The Thin White Duke. So, for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, we'd like to take a moment to celebrate artists with personas.
Coffee BreakCoffee Break: Post-PunkJesse Wiza • Feb 3, 2020Honoring the passing of Gang of Four's guitarist Andy Gill, today's theme is post-punk songs, illustrating the band's lasting influence. For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what post-punk songs do you want to hear?
Coffee BreakCoffee Break: SunshineJesse Wiza • Jan 31, 2020It's been cloudy 72 percent of the time this month. The University of Minnesota St. Paul Campus Observatory has recorded the lowest amount of solar radiation for a January since solar radiation records began in 1963. We need some sun in the Twin Cities so today's Coffee Break theme is sunshine!
Coffee BreakCoffee Break: Smoochin'Jesse Wiza • Jan 30, 2020Today in 1973, Kiss played their first concert, performing at the Popcorn Club in Queens, New York. What's your favorite song that mentions kissing?
Coffee BreakCoffee Break: Mid West Music FestJesse Wiza • Jan 29, 2020This year's Mid West Music Fest lineup was announced this week. Performing across the historic downtown Winona, MN there will be over 60 musical acts representing a wide variety of the best established and up-and-coming acts of the upper Midwest and beyond.