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July 19, 2023

Seven years since winning NPR’s Tiny Desk Contest, Duluth musician Gaelynn Lea has played hundreds of gigs around the world, scored a Broadway play and become an influential advocate for disability awareness.

Duluth musician Gaelynn Lea debuts new play, continues work to make stages more accessible

Duluth musician Gaelynn Lea debuts new play, continues work to make stages more accessible

Dan Kraker • Jul 19, 2023

Seven years since winning NPR’s Tiny Desk Contest, Duluth musician Gaelynn Lea has played hundreds of gigs around the world, scored a Broadway play and become an influential advocate for disability awareness.

Coffee Break: Songs for a lottery win

Coffee Break: Songs for a lottery win

Jill Riley • Jul 19, 2023

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, which songs tied to winning a big lottery jackpot do you want to hear?

Coffee Break: Songs to remember Lollapalooza '91

Coffee Break: Songs to remember Lollapalooza '91

Jill Riley • Jul 18, 2023

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, which songs by bands from Lollapalooza ‘91 do you want to hear?

Prolific Brazilian composer and pianist João Donato dies at 88

Prolific Brazilian composer and pianist João Donato dies at 88

The Associated Press • Jul 17, 2023

He helped lay the groundwork for bossa nova but defied confinement to any single genre.

Photos: TC Summer Fest showcases the Killers, Flaming Lips, Death Cab for Cutie

Photos: TC Summer Fest showcases the Killers, Flaming Lips, Death Cab for Cutie

Darin Kamnetz • Jul 17, 2023

Night one of the two-day event at Target Field in Minneapolis also featured Cannons and Yam Haus.

Taylor Swift just made Billboard history, again

Taylor Swift just made Billboard history, again

Rachel Treisman • Jul 17, 2023

Swift became the first woman and third artist ever to have four of the Top 10 albums on Billboard's 200 chart. This latest milestone comes weeks after the release of Speak Now (Taylor's Version).

12 Rods make promising return to First Avenue

12 Rods make promising return to First Avenue

Macie Rasmussen and Andy Witchger • Jul 17, 2023

Ryan Olcott hit the stage with a new lineup and material for the band’s first performance in eight years.

Coffee Break: Songs for National Tattoo Day

Coffee Break: Songs for National Tattoo Day

Jill Riley • Jul 17, 2023

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, which songs mentioning tattoos do you want to hear?

Album of the Week: Kara Jackson 'Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love?'

Album of the Week: Kara Jackson 'Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love?'

Jade • Jul 17, 2023

The National Youth Poet Laureate in 2019, Kara Jackson brings her latest poetry to life with an album that melds her love of folk and R&B.

Jane Birkin, British actress, singer and French icon, dies at 76

Jane Birkin, British actress, singer and French icon, dies at 76

Emma Bowman • Jul 17, 2023

The London-born star, whose British accent and natural style charmed her adopted country of France, died on Sunday. Her fame rivals the Hermès luxury handbags named after her.

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