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?

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…

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.

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?

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.

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.

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."

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?

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…

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."