Ray Charles was a groundbreaking and iconic pianist, composer, bandleader, and vocalist, and he is a Musicheads Essential artist

Little Richard, an iconic piano-pounding singer and songwriter who helped shape rock and roll, is a Musicheads Essential Artist. 

Chopped vocals, pirouetting piano, booming bass, delicate reverb, peaceful singing and more sounds of the season from ten Minnesota artists you need to know about.

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear by artists who played at Rock the Garden 2019?

Jane Campion's and Denis Villeneuve's films got the highest amount of nominations, 12 and 10 each. Drive My Car, from Japan, got nominated for both Best Picture and Best International Feature.

The Pulitzer Prize winner, whose music enveloped everything from the horrors of the Vietnam War to the calls of humpback whales, died Sunday.

Greenwood says writing the music for The Power of the Dog allowed him to experiment by mixing a banjo and a string quartet. He also recently scored Spencer and Licorice Pizza.

The king of ragtime published his hit tune 120 years ago. Pianist Lara Downes believes the piece helped shape the future of American music.

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear by artists from the Chicago soul-music scene?

The singer's 1968 hit "Different Strokes" became a popular hip-hop sample used by artists like Wu-Tang Clan, Public Enemy and Kanye West.