Today's top music news stories include longtime 'Simpsons' composer Alf Clausen being let go, a debate over Prince's favorite color, and good news about Public Enemy.

This early recording - which actually predates the 'A Prairie Home Companion' radio show - has a sound that continues to inform the music and aesthetic of the program to this day.

Thanks to listener Eric for today's theme idea - songs that come to a full stop in the middle. What songs do you want to hear for today's 9:30 Coffee Break?

Elvis played the last of the only three shows he ever played outside the U.S.; George Harrison was found guilty of 'subconscious plagiarism'; Dire Straits topped the album charts; and Van the Man was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Today in Music History.

Today's top music news stories include a U2 album announcement, a Kanye countersuit, and a Mick Ronson documentary teaser.

Spoon hopped back up to the top spot on the chart this week, with new entries from JD McPherson and J. Roddy Walston and the Business.

Grandstand shows are a highlight of the Minnesota State Fair, and it's Renee Alexander's job to bring in those shows every year. Looking back on the many acts she's successfully booked, Alexander considers Prince 'the one that got away.'

Watch a charming video for 'Over Everything,' the first single from Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile's album-length collaboration, 'Lotta Sea Lice,' due Oct. 13.

Robinson and Rohe comprise two classically trained musicians -- Liam Robinson and Jean Rohe -- who perform a unique combination of old-time mountain folk and mid-Twentieth Century jazz. Now touring in support of their new album, 'Hunger,' Robinson and Rohe visited the Radio Heartland studio for a session hosted by Mike Pengra.

Thanks to Tim for writing in with today's Coffee Break theme. The Star Tribune, formerly Minneapolis Tribune and the competing Minneapolis Daily Star, is 150 years old. What songs do you want to hear for today's 9:30 Coffee Break that reference the news, newspapers or journalists?