This year’s Best New Bands include Durry, EVV, Lanue, Papa Mbye.

For the months of March, April, and May, we will provide a weekly look at what is happening in the Twin Cities region and greater Minnesota. Each Monday throughout the season, you’ll find new posts about events, entertainment, and recreation curated by our team and collaborators.

Building upon a successful career photographing Minnesota musicians, Zoe Prinds-Flash has opened a space to showcase visual art and practice mutual aid.

Hear the latest new tracks from Poliça, HAIM, Bartees Strange and Portugal. The Man. Plus, discover two emerging acts: London’s Bakar and New York’s MICHELLE.

For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs performed by great duos do you want to hear?

Nathaniel Rateliff joins Jill Riley to talk about writing his latest record, ‘The Future’ during quarantine, working with Phil and Brad Cook, and his upcoming Rock The Garden performance in June.

Some wild jumps this week on the chart – including Minnesota band Durry jumping from the tenth spot to the #1 spot this week, and also reaching their tenth week on the chart, earning themselves a spot in the Chart Show Hall of Fame.

The company's announcement comes as musical acts from Louis Tomlinson to The Killers are canceling their show dates in Russia, in response to the invasion.

For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear by women artists or by women-fronted bands?

For the occasion of its half-centennial, cultural critic and poet Hanif Abdurraqib takes the measure of Stevie Wonder's unmatchable artistic achivements in the early-to-mid '70s.