Margaret Glaspy performed a Microshow at the Clown Lounge — located in the basement of the Turf Club in St. Paul — highlighting a number of songs from her new album that releases on August 18.

Janelle Monáe’s song gets its deserved attention this week, moving from No. 4 to the top spot on this week’s Chart Show.

This week brings new music from indie mainstays Mitski, HAIM, Big Thief, and the first new music in seven years from the Kills. There’s also a massive collaboration led by the drummers from the Cure and Siouxsie and the Banshees, and we’ll hear music from Minneapolis band she’s green.

The grassroots country star, whose fan base crosses lines of identity and politics, is releasing a song called "In Your Love," from a new album. Its video tells a queer, Appalachian love story.

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, which songs about staying cool and refreshed do you want to hear?

The surprise performance at the Newport Folk Festival, now released as an album, is another exciting evolution in Joni Mitchell's notoriously chameleonic career.

She became a sensation in 1990 with her cover of Prince's ballad “Nothing Compares 2 U,” a seething, shattering performance that topped charts from Europe to Australia.

Walking tours, programmed by Minnesota Historical Society and others, offer a way to get to know local history, architecture, geology, and much more.

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, which songs from Mick Jagger and the Rolling Stones do you want to hear?

Assemble this sandwich with farmer’s market produce as a make-ahead lunch, dinner night-in with friends, or cut into quarters and serve as an appetizer.