The guitarist and vocalist helped pave the way for psychedelic rock in the mid-1960s.

With Rock the Garden coming up in less than a month, we're dedicating a special edition of our Friday Five to great performances by Minnesota artists in past years at the summer classic.

The National Spelling Bee crowned 8 champions last night who were so good that the Bee was running out of words. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs or bands do you want to hear that misspell words on purpose?

On May 22, the Walker Art Center announced its 2019/20 Performing Arts Season lineup, which includes two co-presented performances with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra’s Liquid Music, a genre-bending series of collaborations between musicians and artists. As is the norm with any Liquid Music project, these performances will marry artistic and intellectual practices from a…

In celebration of Prince’s 61st birthday this June, Twin Cities PBS and other PBS affiliates across the country are set to air a concert recorded live at Paisley Park: Rave Un2 The Year 2000. Originally performed on Dec. 18, 1999 when Prince was still “the Artist Formerly Known as Prince,” the concert was a pay-per-view…

The New York collective of folk-punk artists are celebrating their 20th anniversary as a band with a series of live concerts across the country, and you can watch their show from St. Paul's Palace Theatre.

How's the new Elton John movie? Pretty great, say Jade and Jay. Also in the news today: labels are paying more to sign artists, 'Old Town Road' continues to ride tall, and two music stars are releasing books on Oct. 1. Plus, highlights of this week in music history and new releases from Bedouine, Patti Smith, Sinkane, and Ian Noe - plus, how Billie Eilish's 'Bad Guy' is going viral every which way.

In the run-up to Bob Collins's retirement, Collins and Mary Lucia sat down for a full conversation that reflects on their careers in radio as well as Bob Collins' plans for the future. And of course, there are great memories and lots of laughs from the past 14-plus years of Lucia and Collins' 4:20 p.m. news breaks.

As Bob Collins prepares to retire after his 27-plus year career at MPR (and 45 in radio), we asked you to share your messages for Bob. Read a collection of your memories and well-wishes.

Around the turn of the decade, a number of news breaks featuring Mary Lucia and Bob Collins were gathered and archived as part of an early podcast experiment. Listen again to those great on-air moments, and relive a bit of news history while you're at it.