Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) have introduced a Save Our Stages Act. If passed, it would establish a $10 billion grant program and provide other measures to help live music venues survive the COVID-19 shutdown.

If you've been releasing more emotional tears than usual lately, you are not alone! Let's have a good cry together this morning. For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what cry songs do you want to hear?

Elvis Presley's first interview appeared in print; Moscow teens were pilfering pay-phone parts to make their own electric guitars; Mick Jagger made his acting debut; Natalie Merchant sang her last gig with 10,000 Maniacs; and Jerry Lee Lewis made his TV debut on The Steve Allen Show, Today in Music History.

“When it all started happening, I had reached a point — the first time in my life — where I was making a living solely through doing sound and other music projects,” said Ian Sutherland, “and had just kind of come to the realization that I’d finally reached that little goal of mine. And then,…

For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear off of albums that were recorded at least 18 months before their release? Additionally, let's make room for multiple albums recorded in the same session and released at the same time.

Bobby Day passed away; The film 'Purple Rain' was released; Juliana Hatfield was born; Cass Elliot released her first solo single; John Denver got his second No. 1 hit; 'Men in Black' soundtrack was a bestseller; and the late Soul Asylum bassist Karl Mueller was born, Today in Music History.

'The Waterfall II' winds up standing strong not only as a companion to 'The Waterfall,' but among the rest of the My Morning Jacket library, and will serve as an excellent soundtrack to our remaining summer evenings.

Lawyers representing Green's family issued a statement saying, 'It is with great sadness that the family of Peter Green announce his death this weekend, peacefully in his sleep.' Green composed the band's first No. 1 hit, 'Albatross,' which topped the charts in 1968.

The symbols of America's racist past have been under intense scrutiny since the protests against police brutality erupted nationwide. Now, the traditional music community is having its own reckoning.

This morning we had a representative from First Avenue stop by to talk about Save Our Stages and The National Independent Venue Association (NIVA). It's got us thinking about what our favorite venues are and how hard it would be like to see them go. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs would you like to hear that mention a music venue?