Sean McPherson

For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that name drop another musician or band? Let's see if we can make a "snake" or two -- a chain of songs that reference the next band, then the next band, etc.

For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what essential debut albums do you want to hear?

'Sign o' the Times' is the last R&B masterpiece before the influence of rap on the future of mainstream music became undeniable.

On this day one year ago, John Prine died at age 73 due to complications from Covid-19. Let's put the spotlight on him this morning.

The urgency of the COVID-19 pandemic has understandably been causing many people to sideline other aspects of their health, but unfortunately cancer won't rest while we fight the coronavirus. Some screening can be done remotely, and there are things you can do every day to help prevent cancers from forming in your body.

Judith Hill joins The Current to play tracks from her latest record, Baby, I'm Hollywood! Hill catches up with Sean McPherson about having your parents in your band, the art of lyrical metaphors, and maintaining vulnerability in Hollywood.

Today is National Library Workers' Day, so for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that reference topics in the different classifications of the Dewey Decimal system? Be sure to tell us which class your suggestion is associated with.

For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what bands do you want to hear that had multiple lead singers?

Tomorrow is April 3, 2021, making the date 4/3/21. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that either count up or count down?

This album exudes the energy of a generous musical soul, who wants to let the songs win and wants the egos parked as far away from the music stands as possible. There's plenty of great guests including the voice of Mavis Staples and the guitar work of Cory Wong, who is based in Minnesota, but the core of the record is Jon Batiste's musical universe.

Jon Batiste plays a few of his recent songs, plus a conversation with Sean McPherson about the influence of New Orleans on his music, setting his intentions with Stevie Wonder, and recording music outside of a traditional studio environment.

In honor of the changing of the seasons, what songs do you want to hear for today's 9:30 Coffee Break that could be used as SEASONINGS?

What On-Air Fest 2 artists and songs do you want to hear for today's 9:30 Coffee Break?

For many people, this holiday season has looked and will look differently than ever before. Thank you to everyone that is altering your plans in the name of safety, and since this holiday feels new, let's focus on new music.

Nilufer Yanya joins Sean McPherson to play songs from her new EP, Feeling Lucky? which was released earlier this month. They'll be discussing the freedoms of releasing EPs over albums, why she loves writing angry songs, and recalibrating to a year without live shows.

For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what cover songs do you want to hear?

For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what soulful holiday classics do you want to hear?

The Message hosts Sanni Brown and Sean McPherson share their favorite local and global hip-hop/R&B songs of 2020.

The Current/Purple Current host Sean McPherson shares his favorite songs of 2020.

As Purple Current marks the end of Daylight Saving Time with 25 Hours of The Time, host Sean McPherson connected with legendary frontman Morris Day, who shares some stories about his career and also talks about the new song, 'Cooler Than Santa Claus,' a funky holiday number making its Purple Current debut today.