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November 22, 2021

For today’s 9:30 Coffee break, what songs do you want to hear from albums that should definitely be played in the order they were intended?

Top albums you should not shuffle

Top albums you should not shuffle

Anna Weggel and Jill Riley • Nov 22, 2021

For today’s 9:30 Coffee break, what songs do you want to hear from albums that should definitely be played in the order they were intended?

Youth music producers create new song for Minnesota Timberwolves

Youth music producers create new song for Minnesota Timberwolves

Mecca Bos • Nov 22, 2021

Minneapolis Park & Recreation and Urban World’s collaborative Creative Arts Studio @ Powderhorn helps aspiring producers learn the industry and hone their craft.

Album of the Week: IDLES, 'CRAWLER'

Album of the Week: IDLES, 'CRAWLER'

Jim McGuinn • Nov 22, 2021

Sometimes I think it’s a miracle rock ‘n’ roll is alive at all. Every year, rock is written off for dead, yet among the broken dreams, a flower emerges to capture the potency, potential, danger, and energy the best rock has always offered. 

Adele asked Spotify to remove the default shuffle button for albums, and they obliged

Adele asked Spotify to remove the default shuffle button for albums, and they obliged

Hazel Cills • Nov 21, 2021

The singer believes "our stories should be listened to as we intended." She requested the change for the release of her new album, 30, and Spotify replied with a tweet reading, "Anything for you."

Who do you consider the Voice of a Generation?

Who do you consider the Voice of a Generation?

Sean McPherson • Nov 20, 2021

For this week’s Radio Free Current, let’s celebrate artists that you consider a voice of a generation. Let Sean McPherson know why, and we’ll celebrate iconic voices. 

Rock is dead, but the photographer's iconic images of Bowie, Blondie and more live on

Rock is dead, but the photographer's iconic images of Bowie, Blondie and more live on

Elizabeth Blair • Nov 19, 2021

Mick Rock, iconic photographer of rock stars, has died. He was known for his images of David Bowie, Lou Reed, Queen and Blondie. He was 72.

Duluth set to pass 'Footloose ordinance' repealing dancing restrictions

Duluth set to pass 'Footloose ordinance' repealing dancing restrictions

Jay Gabler • Nov 19, 2021

Since 1925, Duluth businesses have needed to get a special license to allow public dancing where alcohol is sold. “We’ve all been breaking the law a long time,” says one city councilor.

Bandwidth: Celebrating the 25th anniversary of Prince's "Emancipation"

Bandwidth: Celebrating the 25th anniversary of Prince's "Emancipation"

Reed Fischer • Nov 19, 2021

Plus: Posthumous tributes to a rock photographer and local songwriter, and a music store launches a boutique record label

New York Times doc on Janet Jackson's Super Bowl scandal leaves questions unanswered

New York Times doc on Janet Jackson's Super Bowl scandal leaves questions unanswered

Eric Deggans • Nov 19, 2021

A new documentary looks at the "wardrobe malfunction" during the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show in a new light – but doesn't definitively answer some important questions.

Mill City Sound launches its own label to reissue music never released on vinyl

Mill City Sound launches its own label to reissue music never released on vinyl

Luke Taylor • Nov 19, 2021

With the vinyl renaissance in full effect, record retailer Rob Sheeley’s Backgroove Records will produce vinyl reissues for many of those “lost” songs.

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