Kacey Musgraves has spent the past five years building a new musical world in Nashville. Now she's showing the world that she is fully living in it.

'It just feels like the walls have come down between players and listeners,' says Tanya Donelly about making music in 2018. 'That's something that always kind of went up my spine, so I kind of like the fact that those walls are more porous now.'

Baltimore-based Letitia VanSant courageously left a comfortable 9-to-5 job to set out on a new career as a singer-songwriter. Her debut album, 'Gut It To The Studs,' has just been released. VanSant and her musical partner David McKindley-Ward were in Minnesota on their most recent road trip and stopped in the Radio Heartland studio for a session hosted by Mike Pengra.

Minnesotans are dealing with 3 to 6 inches of snow that fell across the Twin Cities last night, and tomorrow could bring up to 8 more. Let this situation inspire your Coffee Break suggestions today - whether that means songs about snow, storms, holing up at home, or maybe even enjoying better weather in other parts of the world.

Elvis and Priscilla call it quits; Fleetwood Mac win Album of the Year for 'Rumours'; Norah Jones brings home a bundle of Grammys; and Queen nabs their first U.S. No. 1 single with 'Crazy Little Thing Called Love,' Today in Music History.

Today's top music news stories include Este Haim at the BRITs, new music from Janelle Monáe, and Quincy Jones apologizing for those crazy interviews.

Sheila E. and fDeluxe will perform at Paisley Park for Celebration 2018 this spring, the venue announced this morning. Paisley Park also announced a list of guest speakers — including the likes of photographer Steve Parke, the Time’s Jellybean Johnson, and close Prince confidante Kirk Johnson. The three-day event, scheduled for April 19-22, is the…

Nooky Jones, “Sweet Wine” If y’all had any doubt about what the first word of this band’s name is getting at…this video should put it to rest. Nooky Jones released “Sweet Wine” for Valentine’s Day, but I’d say it’s appropriate for other nights of the year. Like April 7, when they’re performing at the Hook…

'Chime' is a huge leap forward for Dessa. It's her most musically adventurous collection to date, combining the experimental pop approach of her solo work with the more aggressive, hard-edged delivery of her verses with the rap collective Doomtree to create a playing field where both string sections and trap beats can roam freely.

It's February 22 which means it's World Thinking Day - a day celebrated by Girl Scouts from 146 countries around a different theme each year. So for today's Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that mention "think" in the lyrics?