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January 21, 2022

New Minnesota music videos from Cloud Cult, Lucia Sarmiento, Perth, and Sarah Streitz - and a Sounds of Blackness clip worth revisiting.

Friday Five: New Cloud Cult, Sounds of Blackness get award nom, local sax star plays with Pitbull

Friday Five: New Cloud Cult, Sounds of Blackness get award nom, local sax star plays with Pitbull

Jay Gabler • Jan 21, 2022

New Minnesota music videos from Cloud Cult, Lucia Sarmiento, Perth, and Sarah Streitz - and a Sounds of Blackness clip worth revisiting.

Theatrical Rock for Meat Loaf

Theatrical Rock for Meat Loaf

Anna Weggel and Jill Riley • Jan 21, 2022

The incomparable Meat Loaf has died at the age of 74. What better way to honor him than a theatrical rock Coffee Break? Let us know what songs you’d like to hear that have a dramatic, anthemic, theatrical sound.

Meat Loaf, Grammy-winning singer famous for 'I'd Do Anything For Love,' has died

Meat Loaf, Grammy-winning singer famous for 'I'd Do Anything For Love,' has died

Jan 21, 2022

Meat Loaf, born Marvin Lee Aday, was best known for Bat Out Of Hell, one of the best selling albums of all time.

Adele postpones Vegas show in tearful post, saying half of her team is out with COVID

Adele postpones Vegas show in tearful post, saying half of her team is out with COVID

Jonathan Franklin • Jan 21, 2022

Weekends with Adele was originally scheduled to run from Jan. 21 to April 16. The singer announced that the Las Vegas residency was postponed due to COVID issues.

Watch the video for Aoife O'Donovan's 'Passengers'

Luke Taylor • Jan 20, 2022

The track features lead guitar and backing vocals by Madison Cunningham, and it’s from O’Donovan’s new album, ‘Age of Apathy,’ out Friday, January 21.

'Jagged' documentary looks inside Alanis Morissette's world-changing album

'Jagged' documentary looks inside Alanis Morissette's world-changing album

Jay Gabler • Jan 20, 2022

'Jagged,' a new documentary that’s part of the Music Box series on HBO Max, takes viewers inside the era when Alanis Morissette became a megastar.

Tabla player Badal Roy, known for his cutting-edge jazz collaborations, dies at 82

Tabla player Badal Roy, known for his cutting-edge jazz collaborations, dies at 82

Brad Farberman • Jan 20, 2022

The tabla player worked with trailblazing collaborators including Miles Davis and Ornette Coleman.

Listen to new music from Renata Zeiguer, Cloud Cult, Raveena, Spoon, Ibibio Sound Machine and Fontaines D.C.

Listen to new music from Renata Zeiguer, Cloud Cult, Raveena, Spoon, Ibibio Sound Machine and Fontaines D.C.

Jade • Jan 20, 2022

Hear new songs from Cloud Cult, Spoon and Fontaines D.C. while discovering New Yorkers Renata Zeiguer and Raveena, and Londoners Ibibio Sound Machine.

Coffee Break: Hey Mr. D.J.

Coffee Break: Hey Mr. D.J.

Anna Weggel and Sean McPherson • Jan 20, 2022

It’s National Disc Jockey Day! What songs can you think of for today’s 9:30 Coffee Break that mention D.J.s, the radio, spinning records, etc.?

Book Review: 'The Work' collects Scott Hutchison's Frightened Rabbit lyrics

Book Review: 'The Work' collects Scott Hutchison's Frightened Rabbit lyrics

Jay Gabler • Jan 20, 2022

'The Work' collects the complete lyrics the late Scott Hutchison wrote for his band Frightened Rabbit, along with some never-before-seen art.

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