For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what jazz or jazz-influenced songs do you want to hear?

Manitoba Music and The Current hosted Leonard Sumner, Anna Graves, Colin Bracewell, and Kelly Bado for a performance Sunday at Green Room in Minneapolis.

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs that mention robots do you want to hear?  

A new Johnny Cash song got NPR Music producer Lars Gotrich thinking about music released after a beloved artist dies. Check out "Well Alright," plus new music by Arooj Aftab and Tems on 8 Tracks.

The Album of The Week is Khruangbin’s latest, A La Sala.

The third and final of The Current’s Minnesota Music Month Artists Showcase concerts, Thursday’s show featured a range of music and was imbued with a spirit of celebration.

Indie-rock band Porcupine perform a set of original songs in the Forum at Minnesota Public Radio on April 10, henceforth known as Minnesota Music Day.

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs that mention “cruel” or its synonyms would you like to hear?

Every Friday around 11 a.m. on Radio Heartland, we pull a special track from the archives or from deep in the shelves to spotlight a particular artist or song. This week, we feature Ma Rainey, also known as “The Mother of the Blues.”

Kacey Musgraves rises to No. 1 this week with “Deeper Well,” just ahead of local favorites, Bad Bad Hats, whose latest, “My Heart Your Heart,” jumps to No. 2, while Gary Clark Jr.’s “Maktub” enters the Chart Show Hall of Fame after 10 weeks of votes.