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February 14, 2013

Broncho - Try Me Out Sometime, from the new album "Can't Get Past The Lips."

Broncho - Try Me Out Sometime

Broncho - Try Me Out Sometime

Jon Schober • Feb 14, 2013

Broncho - Try Me Out Sometime, from the new album "Can't Get Past The Lips."

Hall of Fame or Bust: The Chart Show, Feb. 13, 2013

Hall of Fame or Bust: The Chart Show, Feb. 13, 2013

Feb 14, 2013

We tie the record for most Hall of Fame inductees on this week's Chart Show!

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9:30 Coffee Break: Get A Different Name Day

Feb 13, 2013

What artist should we play who performs under a pseudonym or alter ego? Bonus points if you can give us their original name. Help us celebrate Get A Different Name Day for today's 9:30 Coffee Break.

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Eating and Drinking with Lynne Rossetto Kasper: Simple Seduction in Three Courses

Feb 13, 2013

Today, Lynne spoke to The Morning Show's Steve Seel and Jill about her perfect Valentine's day menue called, Simple Seduction in Three Courses.

Slim Dunlap Day declared in Minneapolis

Slim Dunlap Day declared in Minneapolis

Andrea Swensson • Feb 13, 2013

  Valentine’s Day just got a whole lot sweeter. Tomorrow, February 14, 2013, has been declared Bob “Slim” Dunlap Day by Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak. For those who have been following this story from the beginning, this heartfelt gesture from the mayor comes at the end of a long year in Dunlap’s life. It was…

Today in Music History: Saluting Waylon Jennings

Today in Music History: Saluting Waylon Jennings

Feb 13, 2013

Frank Sinatra started his own label, Feist turned a year older, and Waylon Jennings passed away Today in Music History.

José James performs at the Current and talks about his Minneapolis origins

José James performs at the Current and talks about his Minneapolis origins

Andrea Swensson • Feb 13, 2013

2013 is already shaping up to be a big year for José James. The distinctive, silky-voiced singer has just released his Blue Note debut, No Beginning No End, to glowing reviews, with Ben Ratliff of The New York Times noting that the record “sounds like the result of the black-pop continuum, jazz and soul and…

Pillowfight - In The Afternoon

Pillowfight - In The Afternoon

Jon Schober • Feb 13, 2013

Pillowfight - In The Afternoon, from their new self-titled album.

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9:30 Coffee Break: Mardi Gras with a New Orleans Feel

Feb 12, 2013

What songs should we play that give a feel of New Orleans on Mardi Gras? Give us your song suggestions and we'll play some for today's 9:30 Coffee Break.

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The Throbbing Hive with John Moe: Kai, Our New Internet Meme

Feb 12, 2013

Today John Moe chatted with The Morning Show's Steve Seel and Jill Riley about Kai (the hatchet-wielding hitchhiker hero) who is now an internet meme, and the recent study that says Facebook helps build self-esteem.

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