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September 25, 2013

Saint Rich - Crying From The Home, from the new album "Beyond The Drone."

Saint Rich - Crying From The Home

Saint Rich - Crying From The Home

Jon Schober • Sep 25, 2013

Saint Rich - Crying From The Home, from the new album "Beyond The Drone."

Hopkins High grad Holly Henry is latest local to compete on ‘The Voice’

Hopkins High grad Holly Henry is latest local to compete on ‘The Voice’

Andrea Swensson • Sep 24, 2013

Here we go again. For the fourth straight season, at least one Minnesota native will compete on NBC’s talent show The Voice—and this time the frontrunner is a relative unknown in the local scene, 19-year-old Hopkins native Holly Henry. Ms. Henry, known to her friends and family here in Minnesota as 2012 Hopkins High grad…

Ann Reed's new album: "Eventually"

Ann Reed's new album: "Eventually"

Ann Reed, Mike Pengra and Joan Griffith • Sep 24, 2013

Ann Reed and Joan Griffith perform songs from Ann's new album, Eventually, live in the studio.

9:30 Coffee Break: Theme Songs That Are Real Songs

9:30 Coffee Break: Theme Songs That Are Real Songs

Sep 24, 2013

Today during Music Trivia with Trivia Mafia we were talking about songs that are theme songs for television shows. We were having so much fun thinking about all the songs and singing them aloud that we thought we should make it into today's Coffee Break theme.

YourClassical

The Throbbing Hive with John Moe: You Can Like It If you Really Like It

Sep 24, 2013

Today John Moe chatted with The Morning Show's Steve Seel about companies getting busted for giving fake great reviews of businesses, and The Facebook Like button becoming protected free speech.

First Listen: Moby, 'Innocents'

First Listen: Moby, 'Innocents'

Stephen Thompson • Sep 24, 2013

More than 30 years into a try-it-all career that began in punk and has since worked its way through countless iterations of dance music -- 'Innocents' feels like the work of an artist who's been liberated to pursue beauty and emotion in as many forms as he can muster.

Blitzen Trapper - Shine On

Blitzen Trapper - Shine On

Jon Schober • Sep 24, 2013

Blitzen Trapper - Shine On, from the new album "VII."

?uestlove And Elvis Costello On Writing Together

?uestlove And Elvis Costello On Writing Together

NPR Staff • Sep 23, 2013

Costello has teamed with hip-hop legends The Roots for one of the more unusual, invigorating musical partnerships of the year. NPR's Arun Rath speaks with Costello and Roots bandleader Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson about the new album Wise Up Ghost.

YourClassical

9:30 Coffee Break: Wake Up

Sep 23, 2013

We're putting together a list of songs that have "wake up" in the title or lyrics for today's 9:30 Coffee Break.

The Sporting Life with Michael Rand: Thank God for the Lynx

The Sporting Life with Michael Rand: Thank God for the Lynx

Sep 23, 2013

Today Michael Rand chatted with The Morning Show's Steve Seel and producer Jade about the Vikings loss at home to Cleveland, questioned if the Twins suffer from bad luck, and cheering on the Lynx.

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