Watch Prince and the New Power Generation kick off the Special Olympics on July 20, 1991 from the field at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome.

For fans of Third Man Records’ Rolling Record Machine, the wait is over. The Twin Cities will finally have their own mobile retail option for all those times you’re at an event and get that itch to buy vinyl from inside a bus. Solid State Vinyl is collaborating with the Minneapolis Craft Market for Open…

The X Games are taking place this weekend at U.S. Bank Stadium, bringing extreme sports and music to downtown Minneapolis. For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that are the soundtrack to the extreme sports lifestyle?

Buzzcocks made their live debut; The very first Billboard chart was published; Jan and Dean had a hit with help from Brian Wilson; Iron Butterfly released an album that featured a 17-minute track; and Chris Cornell was born, Today in Music History.

Today's top music news stories include Green Day's 'American Idiot' returning to charts, Spotify's attempts to open its playlisting, and a new David Bowie box set announcement.

Bon Iver & TU Dance – “SDIAH” from Come Through Remember that dance/original music piece commissioned by the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra? It’s by Bon Iver and TU Dance; it’s called Come Through; and it debuted at the Palace Theater in April this year. Now, you can watch a few excerpts (this one, plus two others)…

What is Prince's best vocal performance and why? Tell us your favorites and we'll spin them back on July 27 at noon.

Thanks to Jeanne who wrote in with today's suggestion. For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear where an artist is listed on the credits as "featuring"?

Thomas Abban, the beguiling guitar prodigy and boundary pushing songwriter who has been turning heads in the Twin Cities for the past year, has been signed to the iconic and nearly century-old RCA Records. The label announced the signing today with the national release of two of Abban’s songs, “Death Song” and “Sinner,” on all…

Joan Jett gave Mike Tyson a good luck call; Frank Sinatra got hitched to Mia Farrow; James Brown was in trouble with the law; a Texas town declared it Roy Orbison Day; and Brian May was born, Today in Music History.