In a field full of heavy hitters, the film's soundtrack to a dance battle won best original song at Sunday's Academy Awards, becoming the first-ever song from an Indian film to win the prize.

Vinyl sales grew for the 16th consecutive year in 2022, with 41 million albums sold — compared to 33 million CDs. Streaming is still the biggest driver of the music industry's growth.

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs produced by Rick Rubin do you want to hear?

A three-year campaign to name a stretch of Minnesota Highway 5 in Chanhassen after Prince is nearing the finish line at the Capitol. 

The South By Southwest (SXSW) Music Festival in Austin, Texas, runs March 13 to 18. As a preview to this year’s festival, discover the music of Baby Rose, the Golden Dregs, Chiiild, Chance Peña, and Blondshell — and reacquaint yourself with Minnesota artist Kid Dakota (aka Darren Jackson).

We identified 64 of the best albums of 2003 to go head-to-head between March 20-23.

Ahead of performances at Sunday’s Rock the Cradle, taiko drummer Hiroshi Yoshino of Enso Daiko joins Jill Riley to talk about what taiko drumming is and what people can expect of Sunday’s performance.

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear from albums that came out in 2003?

The Heavy Heavy hold onto No. 1, but competition is tight! Meanwhile, we welcome new sounds from Noel Gallagher, from Beck, and from Stephen Sanchez, who debuts at No. 5 with his latest, “Evangeline.”

Get the rundown of musical performances and nominees for Best Music (Original Song). The Oscars are set to air live on Sunday starting at 7 p.m.