What do you want to hear to get into the relaxation mood for the weekend?

MPR's Movie Maven Stephanie Curtis joins Steve Seel and Jill Riley to talk about a new documentary and about an event that benefits the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network's PurpleRideStride 2014.

Happy Friday! We got some excellent music videos from the Minnesota hip-hop community this week in addition to a new one from a promising singer-songwriter and a Lovely Dark video filmed by teenagers for a summer videography class. Slide your headphones on and catch up with all the latest… Atmosphere Well, this is adorable. Atmosphere’s Slug and…

Paul Simon played for a huge crowd, Elvis Presley went to number one, and George Harrison writes a book Today in Music History.

2015 will mark First Avenue’s 45th year hosting epic rock shows in the heart of Minneapolis. In the lead-up to this momentous anniversary, we’re telling the stories behind the local legends whose names line the venue’s famous Wall of Fame, which overlooks the titular street. Previously we featured Babes in Toyland. This time it’s Sean…

If you’re a fan of music videos, today is your day. First up is the latest posthumously released clip from Michael Jackson: “A Place With No Name,” released exclusively on Twitter, is a song about a broke-down Jeep in a remote place. The song gets a video about a Jeep that willingly stops in a remote…

Let's put together a playlist of songs that change up their tempo during the course of the song.

MPR News Arts Reporter Marianne Combs joins Steve Seel and Jill Riley to talk about arts events featuring rousing rhythms, rarely seen artworks, outdoor opera and a Japanese lantern-lighting ceremony.

The Cabooze has just announced a very special addition to their 40th Anniversary Concert Series: hometown heroes the Suburbs. On Sept. 27, the Suburbs will be returning to the Cabooze stage to help celebrate four decades of the iconic West Bank venue. The Suburbs got their start in 1977 in the western suburbs of Minneapolis. In 1978, the…

Mark Mallman’s imagination is a delightful thing. Anyone who has seen him perform can attest that he is rarely content to play a straight-ahead concert, instead coming up with one scheme after another and subverting the very idea of what it means to put on a rock ‘n’ roll show. Over the years Mallman has also adopted…