Get your outdoor live music fix this summer at amphitheaters, festivals, stadiums, parks, rooftops, block parties, patios, and more in the Twin Cities, greater Minnesota, and a few outside our borders.

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs about birds would you like to hear?

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, which songs featuring s-p-e-l-l-i-n-g would you like to hear?

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs that offer an invitation in some way, shape, or form, do you want 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 spotlight Rosanne Cash’s breakthrough hit.

Jazz great Duke Ellington passed away; Freddie Mercury was honored via stamps; and Bob Dylan was born, today in music history.

In an unintended twist, this installment of Here Comes a Regular is probably Koerner’s last interview. We met at Palmer’s Bar on Monday, Jan. 15, 2024.

Joining Kacey Musgraves in the Chart Show Hall of Fame inductions this week are Bristol band IDLES, whose latest single, “POP POP POP,” has also enjoyed 10 weeks of votes. 

Train bassist and founding member Charlie Colin has died at 58. Colin's sister confirmed the musician's death Wednesday to the Associated Press.

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs that mention pennies or good or bad luck do you want to hear?