Mary Lucia talks about seeing the Raconteurs in concert at the phone-free Armory in Minneapolis on Monday. What do you think of the no-phone policy at concerts?

The pioneering South African singer, songwriter and activist died Tuesday after a battle with pancreatic cancer.

When you have a voice like Brittany Howard, just about anybody looks good singing along. But when that person is Terry Crews, it's all the more sweeter.

Shelley says the album, 'Like the River Loves the Sea,' is 'a haven for overstimulated heads in uncertain times.'

If you were able to look up into the sky you saw something spectacular after last night's storm - a double rainbow and gorgeous, colorful skies. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that mention the sky, clouds, rainbows, etc.?

The album, 'Ode To Joy,' is a defiantly hopeful collection of songs for dark days.

Kitty Wells passed away; Desmond Dekker was born; the Beach Boys signed to Capitol Records; Sean Cassidy had his one and only No. 1 hit; and the White Stripes played their shortest concert ever, Today in Music History.

The day of a concert, I’ll usually find myself refreshing Twitter to see what the Internet has to say about the performer who’s about to stop into town. It was no surprise to me when I opened my feed to a flood of tweets about how people were preparing to cry to Snail Mail at…

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Shane Leonard contains multitudes: he's a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer. Leonard has a new album out, 'Strange Forms,' and he's adding another credential to his already impressive CV as he joins Mike Pengra to guest DJ on Radio Heartland.