This week, Mary Lucia talks about two of her favorite releases of 2018 --nand an album from 1979 that's also her record of the year.

TV's most influential music show isn't 'Saturday Night Live,' it's a medical drama. Also in the news today: BTS survive a car crash, Tegan and Sara announce a book, Dolly Parton's songwriter brother dies, high-quality streaming heads to Japan, and Michelle Obama talks music with Questlove.

We're wrapping up another fruitful year in Minnesotan-made music and want to hear from you. Send us your favorite tracks of 2018 and you might hear your pick in our Top 89 Local Current countdown on Sunday, December 28.

The Eaux Claires Music & Arts Festival has announced that it will not hold its annual event in 2019. The festival’s first year took place in 2015, curated by Eau-Claire-born musician Justin Vernon (Bon Iver). The Eaux Claires team shared a statement on their website explaining that after four years, they are taking the coming…

The Jam played their last gig; Aretha Franklin made her New York stage debut; Elvis Presley started a 20-week run at No. 1 on the U.S. album chart with Blue Hawaii; R&B/pop singer Sam Cooke died; The Marvelettes went to No. 1 on the U.S. singles chart with "Please Mr. Postman", and Big Mama Thornton was born, Today in Music History.

There's now a 'record player' that plays Oreos...and when you take a bite out of the cookie, the song changes. Also in the news today: a deadly stampede at a rap concert in Italy, Fleetwood Mac lawsuit resolved, Aretha Franklin concert film gets distributor, Neil Young beefs with concert sponsor, and a new trailer for a documentary about the Fyre Festival.

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Sony Legacy and the Prince estate have announced the first physical re-release of three major records from the Purple One’s mid-2000s output. The records will not contain any unreleased tracks, but they will be pressed on “highly collectible” limited-edition deep purple vinyl. August saw the streaming release of 23 albums from Prince’s NPG Records catalog,…

The complete list of 2019 Grammy nominees has been released and we want to hear a bunch of them this morning at 9:30. So for today's Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear from 2019 Grammy nominees?

Otis Redding and several members of his band died when their plane crashed into a lake near Madison, Wisconsin; Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson started a six week run at No. 1 on the U.S. singles chart with "Say Say Say"; and Meg White was born, Today in Music History.