The Stylle Band - If You Love Me, from the new compilation "Purple Snow: Forecasting the Minneapolis Sound."

When NONONO were asked what album they bought first, the answers give you an idea of where their sound comes from: The Cure, Martha Wainwright and Wu Tang! On Friday, Dec. 13, they play at The Rave Eagles Club in Milwaukee. It's one of their first U.S. dates, but I'm sure there will be more now they are inducted into the Chart Show Hall of Fame ending with a bang back at the top!

Souleyman discusses the importance of music experimentation in an unlikely setting.

We're giving a nod to Give to the Max Day with today's Coffee Break. What songs about giving should we play?

Marianne Combs joins Steve Seel and Jade to talk about a collaborative project between actors and military veterans, the 10-year anniversary concert of a Twin Cities dance company and a panto-style staging of Cinderella that's bawdy fun for all ages.

Thursday, November 14 No Bird Sing Album-Release Show Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis 7 p.m., $10 adv/$12 doors, all ages With their excellent third album, Definition Sickness, out this week on Strange Famous Records (see our preview of the album here), hip-hop trio No Bird Sing will take the stage at the Cedar tonight to perform…

Walter Lewis and The Blue Stars - I Have Love At Home, from the new compilation "Purple Snow: Forecasting the Minneapolis Sound."

We've got a big giveaway this week: we're giving one lucky winner passage aboard The Weezer Cruise. Want to know how to get on board with Rivers, Pat, Brian, Scott and more than a dozen other bands?

Legendary artist and musician Yoko Ono chatted with host Mark Wheat about the new Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band album, Take Me to the Land of Hell, about the origin of the title and how she keeps her energy up at age 80.

When Amos Lee stopped by our studios to perform a live session, we asked him about his Gibson J-100.