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August 31, 2021

Lee "Scratch" Perry a renowned Reggae and Dub music producer passed over the weekend at 85. For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what Reggae and Dub songs of Perry's do you want to hear?

Coffee Break: Honoring Lee "Scratch" Perry

Coffee Break: Honoring Lee "Scratch" Perry

Aug 31, 2021

Lee "Scratch" Perry a renowned Reggae and Dub music producer passed over the weekend at 85. For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what Reggae and Dub songs of Perry's do you want to hear?

Papa Mbye can’t stop creating, drops mournful EP ‘Mang Fi’ on Sept. 3

Papa Mbye can’t stop creating, drops mournful EP ‘Mang Fi’ on Sept. 3

Mike Madden • Aug 31, 2021

All artists are creative. But Papa Mbye, a North Minneapolis rapper, singer, and producer, has a creative appetite that few can match. Talk to Mbye (pronounced “ehm-bay”) and his collaborators, and it becomes clear the 22-year-old multidisciplinary artist — who, as a teenager, used to caricature passersby in the park as both an outlet and…

Photos: Lake Street Dive and Kiss the Tiger rock the Minnesota State Fair Grandstand

Photos: Lake Street Dive and Kiss the Tiger rock the Minnesota State Fair Grandstand

Jay Gabler • Aug 30, 2021

Lake Street Dive and Kiss the Tiger (mostly) held back the rain and (totally) rocked the house in a Saturday night double bill at the Minnesota State Fair Grandstand.

Coffee Break: New Orleans

Coffee Break: New Orleans

Jill Riley and Christy Taylor • Aug 30, 2021

Hurricane Ida, a category 4 storm, hit New Orleans yesterday on the 16th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what bands or artists from New Orleans do you want to hear?

Album of the Week: CHVRCHES, 'Screen Violence'

Album of the Week: CHVRCHES, 'Screen Violence'

Mac Wilson • Aug 30, 2021

Screen Violence exhibits all the traits of the classic CHVRCHES sound: strong vocals, strong sentiments, strong hooks. It's a house full of bangers in a time when we desperately need bangers, and CHVRCHES are happy to deliver.

Lee 'Scratch' Perry dies; visionary reggae producer was 85

Lee 'Scratch' Perry dies; visionary reggae producer was 85

Neda Ulaby • Aug 29, 2021

Visionary reggae producer Lee 'Scratch' Perry has died in Jamaica at the age of 85. His brilliant and idiosyncratic career included helping to inspire the sounds of dub and rap as we know them today.

Interview: Low's Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker on 'Hey What'

Interview: Low's Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker on 'Hey What'

Mac Wilson • Aug 27, 2021

Speaking on the band's goal to always expand their creative range, Low's Alan Sparhawk made sure to credit producer BJ Burton, "He's very interested in finding the outer reaches of the sonic possibilities and we're interested in finding the outer reaches of what a song and singing and sound can be."

Coffee Break: Ten

Coffee Break: Ten

Jill Riley and Christy Taylor • Aug 27, 2021

Today marks the 30th anniversary of the release of Pearl Jam's Ten. For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs from Ten do you want to hear?

Meet Nunnabove, Minneapolis’s latest and greatest family band

Meet Nunnabove, Minneapolis’s latest and greatest family band

Julian Green • Aug 27, 2021

In a regular series of features, we’re inviting Minnesota artists to introduce themselves to our audience. Today: Nunnabove, a Minneapolis-based family band who describe their sound as “positive alternative pop.” Their debut album, Season 1, was released in 2019; a follow-up is planned for this fall. Cadence (lead vocals, bass): Me and my sister started when…

Pearl Jam's 'Ten' at 30: 10 memories from an iconic debut

Pearl Jam's 'Ten' at 30: 10 memories from an iconic debut

Erik Thompson • Aug 26, 2021

Now 30 years after its release, we look back at the creation of an enduring rock classic. For this writer, it's a "perfect 10."

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