Beyonce debuts on the chart this week with her surprise release, "Black Parade".

The shock has faded, and the long scary slog has set in. How can artists sustain themselves over the course of a pandemic that could last well into next year? Today, we look at ways people in the music world are struggling to keep their heads above water.

We've got an excessive heat warning in the Twin Cities today, high humidity with heat indices around 103* F. For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that mention "sweat" in the lyrics or title?

Every once in a while for the Rock and Roll Book Club, we set new titles aside and go back to spotlight a classic. There are few music books more essential than Amiri Baraka's 1963 'Blues People: Negro Music in White America.'

Elvis Presley's 'That's All Right' got a debut spin on a Memphis radio station; the RIAA issued its first Gold Record; Bill Withers had a No. 1 hit with 'Lean on Me'; the Go-Go's released 'Beauty and the Beat'; and TCL went No. 1 with 'Waterfalls', Today in Music History.

Ringo Starr, drummer for The Beatles, turns 80 today. For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that feature Ringo?

'The Stripper' is a No. 1 hit; Led Zeppelin formed; Springsteen went to No. 1 in the album charts with 'Born in the USA'; Prince had his first No. 1 single; and Syd Barrett died, Today in Music History.

We know that there is more work ahead of us as a community.

Beginning Sunday, July 12, we're making some updates to our Sunday on-air schedule to bring you more of the music you love.

The iconic score to 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly': This is the sound of the American West, at least filtered through the ears of an Italian - specifically, composer Ennio Morricone. He was a giant in the world of film scores who wrote the music for more than 500 movies.