Mike Justen, whose advocacy and mentorship touched countless musicians and sound engineers across Minnesota, passed away last week. He was 78. Mike, who owned the West Saint Paul guitar shop Eclipse Music with his son John Justen, started out in the music business as the owner of the legendary Scholar Coffeehouse in the late ‘60s.…

Paisley Park has announced tomorrow’s film screening, and has also announced that the Friday night Paisley Park After Dark events are ending as of April: events will only be held on Saturday nights, alternating between DJ nights and film screenings. Until now and, Fridays have featured weekly dance parties and Saturdays have featured film screenings.…

Annie Clark - a.k.a. St. Vincent - is making her directorial debut with a segment of 'XX,' a horror anthology film helmed exclusively by women.

Paisley Park has announced, via an e-mail to ticket buyers, that a presale for replicas of Prince’s “Tamboracca.” The Tamboraccas will run $80 each, and those interested are being encouraged to email preorders@officialpaisleypark.com for additional information. The custom yellow-and-purple instrument includes an early version of the famous Prince insignia in the center. Described as a blend of a maraca…

The 89th Academy Awards ceremony is this Sunday, where the best films, actors, producers, designers and directors of 2016 will be honored. The host is Jimmy Kimmel and La La Land will probably win everything. Regardless, let's have some fun today. What songs from movies do you want to hear for today's 9:30 Coffee Break?

This week, we received not one but two Hippo Campus videos for Friday Five (you can send your submissions to cjohnson@mpr.org). To celebrate the band’s album landmark, which came out today, we figured we’d share both new videos and a few old favorites, too. Give landmark a listen once you’ve checked out these gems. Hippo Campus, “simple season” Purple…

The Beatles began their second film; Kurt and Courtney tied the knot; 'Roxanne' entered the Billboard Hot 100; Led Zeppelin released a double album; Paul Simon won a Grammy for 'Graceland'; and Elton John became a Sir, Today in Music History.

The fourth annual Drone Not Drones event is happening tonight at the Cedar Cultural Center in Minneapolis. At 7 p.m. Friday, drone music will begin playing for 28 consecutive and uninterrupted hours as an estimated 67 musicians will overlap and transition on and off stage. Artists taking the stage for the first time will include…

Two Prince fans have paid $700,000 to purchase the Chanhassen site where Prince lived in a purple house in the first half of the 1980s. Tonia and John Roemer say the main reason for their purchase was the pleasant setting on Lake Riley, but they’re also big Prince fans, so the location is particularly meaningful to…

The 2017 Brit Awards happened last night, with David Bowie, Emeli Sande, The 1975, Rag'n'Bone Man, A Tribe Called Quest, Drake, Beyonce and Adele taking home major awards. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear from musicians who have won Brit Awards, past and present?