With music festivals called off, some live event companies are putting their skills to work building hospital extensions and virus testing tents. Also in the news today: AEG opens a ticket refund window, CHVRCHES score a sweet Netflix deal, Fiona Apple's new album released to acclaim, yet another (!) new Bob Dylan song, and Beyonce sings 'When You Wish Upon a Star.'

Morning Show host Jill Riley has been spending her mornings chatting with various musicians about what they have been up to while the music industry has been essentially put on pause to slow the spread of COVID-19. She connected with Minnesota singer-songwriter Mason Jennings to discuss what he’s been doing to keep busy during this…

Whoever you are and whatever is going on with you these days, life probably looks a lot different now than it did a few weeks ago, and we don't know if we're going to go back to the same world that we once knew once this pandemic is over. So for today's 9:30 coffee break, what songs do you want to hear that reference change?

'PDLIF' -- an initialism for 'Please Don't Live in Fear' -- is the band's first new song since last year's 'i,i.'

After playing guitar in Radiohead for 35 years, since 1985, Ed O’Brien has now released his debut solo record called Earth under the moniker EOB. Morning Show host Jill Riley got a chance to catch up with O’Brien and discuss the inspiration for his new record, how his process was both influenced by and greatly differed…

If you have a music video you’d like to be considered for an upcoming feature, send it my way at fridayfive@mpr.org! Moise – “Try Try” “Try Try” is the first single to be released from Moise‘s upcoming debut album Postcards I Forgot to Send. The song features production from super producer Psymun and an endlessly catchy…

Independent artists are flooding the internet with new music as they find an outlet for their creativity while live shows are suspended. Also today: more information on why big concerts are unlikely to return this year, a surprise guest for Liam Gallagher's NHS benefit show, remembering jazz great Lee Konitz, and a first look at a new David Bowie biopic.

Though we are experiencing a worldwide crisis, Jill treks into work every weekday to provide you curated playlists, news breaks, interviews with artists around the globe, and a daily opportunity to influence the music we play through the Coffee Break. That's what's behind the spirit of Public Radio Music Day. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what bands do you want to hear that hail from the cities of our public radio peers?

Buddy Holly's first single was released; a Led Zeppelin got a gold record; Hutch from Starsky and Hutch had a big hit; Kiss put the makeup back on; composer Henry Mancini was born; and Dusty Springfield was born, Today in Music History.

They're at the top of our chart for the first time ever, after eight weeks bouncing around the top ten.