Katie Crutchfield and band played to a sold-out St. Paul crowd. Australian band Good Morning opened up.

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what environmentally conscious songs and/or artists would you like to hear?

Half the inductees in the performer category were nominated for the first time this year. The ceremony will stream live on Disney+ in October.

John Lennon took a new middle name; the Who performed “Tommy” at the Bolton Institute of Technology; the Blues Brothers made their debut; Peter Frampton comes alive at age 65; and Charles Mingus was born, today in music history.

The Album of The Week is Pearl Jam’s twelfth studio release, Dark Matter.

Elvis had another No. 1 hit; the Beatles wrapped recording on Sgt. Pepper; Sinead scored a hit on an incomparable Prince cover; Peter Buck raised hackles at high altitude; Joe Strummer did a bunk in a publicity stunt; Nina Simone died; and we lost Prince, today in music history.

Deep Purple made their live debut; George Burns was in the Hot 100; numerous artists paid tribute to the late Freddie Mercury; Aerosmith got a grip with their 11th studio album; “The Sound of Philadelphia” became the first disco song to reach No. 1 in the singles charts; and American Idiot opened on Broadway, Today in Music History.

With The Tortured Poets Department, the defining pop star of her era has made an album as messy and confrontational as any good girl's work can get.

Anna Graves, a singer-songwriter from Webster, Minnesota, performs 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 refer to record players in some way would you like to hear?