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October 30, 2020

For today's FEAR FRIDAY Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that channel some sort of fear in you?

Coffee Break: Fear Friday

Coffee Break: Fear Friday

Jill Riley and Anna Weggel • Oct 30, 2020

For today's FEAR FRIDAY Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that channel some sort of fear in you?

Friday Five: Classic spooky videos from Minnesota musicians

Friday Five: Classic spooky videos from Minnesota musicians

Maddie Schwappach • Oct 30, 2020

The local music scene exists with a hint of Halloween all year ’round. There are the creepy clowns in the Turf Club basement, that one drafty stall in the First Ave bathroom where there just has to be a ghost, not to mention running into Tinder matches turned ghosts. While spooky festivities look different this year for…

Robin Pecknold of Fleet Foxes talks about making 'Shore'

Robin Pecknold of Fleet Foxes talks about making 'Shore'

Mary Lucia • Oct 29, 2020

Mary Lucia interviews Robin Pecknold of Fleet Foxes about his latest release, 'Shore.' Pecknold talks about what it was like to work with a range of different artists, and how the pandemic changed his mindset about this album release.

‘We wouldn’t be who we are today without them’: Minnesota music community pays tribute to City Pages

‘We wouldn’t be who we are today without them’: Minnesota music community pays tribute to City Pages

Jay Gabler • Oct 29, 2020

“We were kind of the last people who were allowed to get away with a lot of that stuff,” Keith Harris told Sean McPherson last night on The Current. “Obviously,” he allowed with a chuckle, “we weren’t totally allowed to get away with it.” Harris, whose career at City Pages spanned over two decades as a contributor…

Coffee Break: Walking with a ghost

Coffee Break: Walking with a ghost

Jill Riley and Anna Weggel • Oct 29, 2020

For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that mention ghosts, spirits, phantoms, etc.?

Rock and Roll Book Club: '666 Songs to Make You Bang Your Head Until You Die'

Rock and Roll Book Club: '666 Songs to Make You Bang Your Head Until You Die'

Jay Gabler • Oct 29, 2020

In his new 'Guide to the Monsters of Rock and Metal,' Bruno MacDonald collects a beast's number of massive slabs of guitar crunch and banshee wail.

Today in Music History: 'Islands In The Stream' hits No. 1

Today in Music History: 'Islands In The Stream' hits No. 1

Oct 29, 2020

Neil Diamond got a Gold Record; Dolly and Kenny sang of islands in the stream; the Stone Roses split up; U2 performed on Letterman; and 'The Dark Side Of The Moon' broke chart records, Today in Music History.

The Chart Show: Declan McKenna Debuts

The Chart Show: Declan McKenna Debuts

Oct 29, 2020

New entries to the chart come from New Order's "Be A Rebel" at #14 and the young Brit, Declan McKenna's "Be an Astronaut" debuts at #16.

Coffee Break: Season of the witch

Coffee Break: Season of the witch

Jill Riley and Anna Weggel • Oct 28, 2020

It's witchy Wednesday! What witchy songs do you want to hear for today's 9:30 Coffee Break?

Today in Music History: Janet Jackson starts a four-week run at No. 1

Today in Music History: Janet Jackson starts a four-week run at No. 1

Oct 28, 2020

Buddy Holly made his last major TV appearance; the first night of the T.A.M.I. show took place; Bill Berry retired from R.E.M.; the Sex Pistols' one and only studio album was released in the U.S.; and Janet Jackson's Minneapolis-produced 'Rhythm Nation 1814' hit No. 1 in the album charts, Today in Music History.

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