Tom Waits turned 70 years old on Saturday, December 7, 2019, and we're celebrating this iconic artist with your favorite Waits songs.

Friday Five is back after last week’s Thanksgiving break! Here are five music videos that caught my eye over the last couple of weeks. And if you’re interested in submitting a video for next week, send a link to our new associate blogger Emma Manley (emanley@mpr.org), who’ll be handling this post on Dec. 13. Solid…

For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what funk songs do you want to hear?

Mary Lucia discusses a documentary that explores the friendship that existed among three iconic musicians at a critical point in their careers.

“2019 is all about the experiences,” read a e-mail I recently received from a publicist. “Consumers are shifting their gift lists from products to experiences/memories that will last a lifetime. This year, you can get your loved one a personalized shout out from a favorite musician.” The publicist was writing about Cameo, a service that sells…

There are so many Current-y covers coming out these days that we thought it was high time to put together a special Coffee Break of them. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what contemporary covers of new or old songs do you want to hear?

Michael Stipe just released his first single as a solo artist. You might remember when Stipe was the singer for R.E.M. — but Craig Franklin remembers when he wasn’t a singer at all. “His hair was all curly, like Roger Daltrey. That was the main reason, when we needed a singer I asked him to…

Beck holds the top spot for a second week with "Uneventful Days".

The morning crew can't stop obsessing over the song "The Greatest" by Lana Del Rey, so let's build a set of songs around it for today's 9:30 Coffee Break. What songs do you want to hear that mention the "greatest" or "great"?

The subtitle of 'Altamont' calls it 'The Inside Story of Rock's Darkest Day.' That distinction is debatable; the darkness of Altamont, however, lingers. After reading Joel Selvin's book, you'll never have so much 'Sympathy for the Devil' again.