It's Friday! As you're putting together your weekend plans, we want to create a set of music based on your suggestions for songs that go Uptown, and songs that go Downtown. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that mention Uptown or Downtown?

Ruby and the Romantics' day arrived with a No. 1 hit on their first outing; John Lennon was ordered to leave the U.S.; Elvis began his final tour; John Fogerty's baseball homage became a No. 1 album; and Blur frontman Damon Albarn was born, Today in Music History.

It’s Saturday night and The Black Dog Café is full of people, most of them are crowded around small tables to the left of the wide-open room. On stage is the Pat Moriarty and Ellen Lease Quartet. Unlike a lot of other venues — where people tend to talk over the music — it’s clear…

Charlie Parr, “Dog” Those who follow Charlie Parr know his album Dog echoes of depression, but also the bond between human and animals. Directed and edited by Dan Huiting, Parr’s story-driven video for the title track is set in Duluth, featuring cameos by several local dogs, the Aerial Lift Bridge, and Parr himself. Prof, “Criminal” Prof‘s…

While they explore new methods and sounds, these are still classic Decemberists songs - rich stories full of complex characters, and no shortage of emotion.

Today's top music news stories including M.I.A.'s vindication, a music industry revenue peak, and a charity initiative for Beyonce.

Over 150,000 people have already watched a guitar “shredding” duel broadcast live on Facebook this morning from A440 Studios in New Hope, Minnesota. It was a promotional stunt for tax preparation company H&R Block, which billed it as “the first ever guitar-powered document-shredding live event.” Famed metal axe-man Michael Angelo Batio held it down on…

Each year, the National Recording Registry (maintained by the Library of Congress) selects songs to be preserved that are significant to American history and culture. This year's additions are out, so sit back and relax as we play you a selection for today's 9:30 Coffee Break.

Depeche Mode was the first alternative British band to go to number one; Loretta Lynn was hospitalized; 'The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash' aired on NBC; and Phife Dawg passed away, Today in Music History.

Minnesota's own jeremy messersmith hits #1 on the chart this week with a track from his new record, 'Late Stage Capitalism'.