Midday host Jade shares her favorite songs, albums, and covers of 2020.

Hanukkah begins tonight at sunset - a Jewish holiday also known as the Festival of Lights and the Feast of Dedication that is observed for eight nights and days. For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that mention Hanukkah, light, candles or miracles?

Michael Jackson. Madonna. Prince. Every year has good music, but somehow 1984 reached an apex of pop excellence. In a wide-ranging new book, Michaelangelo Matos examines how the magic happened.

This year might be remembered as a year of great covers which you'll hear in the posthumous release from Sharon Jones featuring the classic Mickey Newbury song, "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)" which debuted this week.

Mary Lucia talks about a docu-series from TPT Originals that's all about the Twin Cities' hardcore-music scene in the early 1980s.

The Message hosts Sanni Brown and Sean McPherson share their favorite local and global hip-hop/R&B songs of 2020.

Breakdancing is now an official Olympic sport! So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that you can breakdance to?

Somewhere around 1990, when I was a teenager, I picked up a used copy of Bruce Springsteen’s classic five-LP set Live/1975-85. I knew the Born in the U.S.A. hits, and I was ready to take a deeper dive into the Boss’s oeuvre. I put on side one track one (“Thunder Road”), turned off the lights in my bedroom,…

Assistant Program Director Kelsey shares her favorite songs of 2020.

Today we are remembering John Lennon, who was shot and killed on this day in 1980. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what Lennon covers do you want to hear -- both Beatles and solo?