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April 03, 2014

What songs that feature the word "suck" in either the title or lyrics should we play for the 9:30 Coffee Break?

9:30 Coffee Break: The Big Suck

9:30 Coffee Break: The Big Suck

Apr 3, 2014

What songs that feature the word "suck" in either the title or lyrics should we play for the 9:30 Coffee Break?

Weekend Arts Roundup: This Weekend Only!

Weekend Arts Roundup: This Weekend Only!

Marianne Combs • Apr 3, 2014

MPR News Arts Reporter Marianne Combs joins Steve Seel and Jill Riley to talk about four arts events this weekend that are inspiration to get out to enjoy despite the weather.

New Century Sessions: A way to get up close and personal with local music

New Century Sessions: A way to get up close and personal with local music

Ben Bartenstein • Apr 3, 2014

Last Friday, Minneapolis’s hometown heroine Dessa dazzled in front of a 275-person capacity crowd. Her combination of poetic intensity and rhythmic persuasion added a spark of electricity to the intimate theater. Audience members were also treated to a Q-and-A segment with the rapper, in which Dessa exposed her Mount Rushmore of inspirational figures—her dad, the…

Today in Music History: Adele Breaks A Record

Today in Music History: Adele Breaks A Record

Apr 3, 2014

Morrissey got an apology, Keith Richards denied drug binge, and Adele broke a record Today in Music History.

The Chart Show: Messersmith returns to #1

The Chart Show: Messersmith returns to #1

Mark Wheat • Apr 3, 2014

Massive change on the Chart, a spring cleaning!? After five inductees to the Hall of Fame last week and Gary Clark Jr. dropping off after a two-week stay we have a record six new entries and a new ...or should I say renewed #1!

The Current's Guitar Collection: Martin Courtney of Real Estate, Fender Stratocaster

The Current's Guitar Collection: Martin Courtney of Real Estate, Fender Stratocaster

Luke Taylor • Apr 2, 2014

Real Estate front man Martin Courtney's sea-foam green Fender Stratocaster certainly catches the eye. Courtney tells us how it also caught his ear.

9:30 Coffee Break: Dance Moves

9:30 Coffee Break: Dance Moves

Apr 2, 2014

How about an entire Coffee Break of songs from musicians with one-of-a-kind moves? Give us your suggestions and we'll play a few for the 9:30 Coffee Break.

Eating and Drinking with Dara Moskowitz-Grumdahl: Top Coast Preview

Eating and Drinking with Dara Moskowitz-Grumdahl: Top Coast Preview

Apr 2, 2014

This week Dara gave The Morning Show's Jill Riley a preview of her portion of the Top Coast Festival.

The Counterfactuals: “Prof rock” takes the prairie by storm

The Counterfactuals: “Prof rock” takes the prairie by storm

Mallory Guinee • Apr 2, 2014

As many college students will tell you, being invited to a professor’s house is a unique and exciting experience. For a Carleton College student to be invited, therefore, to the house of philosophy professor Dan Groll—frontman of the Counterfactuals—was a special treat. After somewhat awkwardly letting myself in, I followed my ears down to his…

Today in Music History: Gnarls Barkley Hit Number One In A New Way

Today in Music History: Gnarls Barkley Hit Number One In A New Way

Apr 2, 2014

Nirvana started recording, Chris Martin got violent and Gnarls Barkley went to number one Today in Music History.

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