Multimedia producer Nate Ryan shares his top albums and songs of 2014.

On today's Tonal Recall, Barb Abney is turning the clock back 20 years to play tunes exclusively from 1994. It was the year Barb discovered the Afghan Whigs and began her career in independent radio. What's your 1994 musical highlight?

As a live music enthusiast who’s also a high school senior trying to figure out how to pay for college, I have become very good at finding affordable shows. This is a list of eight great places to hear live music on the University of Minnesota—Twin Cities campus. This list includes a wide variety of venues, prices, and…

Just in time for the holiday, let's put together a set of pop music with secular Jesus references for today's 9:30 Coffee Break.

MPR's Movie Maven Stephanie Curtis joins Steve Seel and Jill Riley to talk about a new film based on the best-selling book by Cheryl Strayed.

It’s that most wonderful time of the year, when sleigh bells are ringing and in-laws are descending and everyone’s making one last mad dash toward the malls to finish up their shopping in time for the holidays. If you’re like me, you’ve probably waited until right about now to start seriously thinking about what you’re…

Paul Simon hosted SNL, The Rolling Stones aired their show live, and Carl Perkins writes about his shoes Today in Music History.

Happy Friday! We’ll kick off this week’s new video roundup with a pair of releases from two of Minnesota’s biggest and longest-running hip-hop crews… Doomtree’s ducks What, did you think Doomtree was going to slow down now that they’ve wrapped up the 10 consecutive events of their Last Blowout Ever? With a new full-crew album…

Way back in the day, before the White Stripes blew up, Jack White worked as an upholsterer. Later, White and his fellow upholsterer Brian Muldoon formed a duo who called themselves—wait for it—the Upholsterers and cut a couple of songs. One of those songs, “Apple of My Eye,” was released commercially in 2000. The second, “Your Furniture Was…

‘Tis the season for holiday music, and of course for us that means holiday music by Minnesota’s many talented artists. There are lots of opportunities for you to listen local this holiday season—including six very special hours this coming Monday, Dec. 22. The seasonal sounds have already begun on Wonderground, where Barb Abney has been curating…