No, not Minneapolis. Yes, Prince was born and raised in the Mill City, but in the early ’80s he bought a lakeside house in Chanhassen, the Carver County suburb that would remain Prince’s primary home (aside from stints in Los Angeles and Toronto) for the remainder of his life. “Chanhassen offers more than a chance…

Hear a long-awaited new song from SZA, plus new-album tracks from The War on Drugs and from Common. Discover the sounds of ill peach, Geese, and Minneapolis artist Chris Bierden.

“You’ve got to follow house rules,” says Bob Mould in a new video announcement. His former band Hüsker Dü were always better at that than, say, the Replacements — but back in the ’80s, the stakes around concert comportment were never as high as they are today. In plain language, Mould tells fans that they…

Adia Victoria joins us for a virtual session to play songs from her upcoming record, 'A Southern Gothic'. Victoria catches up with Jill Riley about her journey to Nashville, putting together the new record, and the community she built over quarantine.

For the first time in 17 years, Rolling Stone has updated their rankings of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, tell us what you think of their rankings! Who you think should've made the top 20?

In the first of a new book series devoted to specific songs, poet and cultural theorist Joshua Clover goes into a tailspin over Jonathan Richman's minimalist nugget 'Roadrunner.'

A slow-moving chart this week graduates three tracks into the Chart Show Hall of Fame. Japanese Breakfast, Leon Bridges, and Garbage all hit ten weeks on the chart with four more songs poised to reach HOF status next week.

Mary Lucia says Spike Lee's HBO documentary series gives you as close an answer to why and how events in 2020 unfolded the way they did.

We caught up with Soul Asylum frontman Dave Pirner about performing in the age of Covid, and what it felt like to hear Prince covering "Stand Up And Be Strong," which appears on the posthumous Prince album 'Welcome to America'.

One of New Wave's founding fathers, Ric Ocasek of the Cars died on this day in 2019 at the age of 75. For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what New Wave bands do you want to hear?