One of the happiest surprises for local music fans this fall was the late-breaking announcement that singer-songwriter Reina del Cid is releasing her follow-up to The Cooling (2015). Rerun City is out today, and tonight there’s a celebratory gig at the Turf Club. Yesterday, Reina del Cid stopped by The Current to tell me about the process…

On 'Undivided Heart and Soul', JD McPherson and his band are a well oiled machine. Recorded at Nashville's Studio B, it's certainly McPherson's most raucous album yet.

Mark Olson (the Jayhawks) and his musical partner/wife Ingunn Ringvold share stories and insight before visiting the Cedar Cultural Center and Red Herring Lounge on Dec. 9 and 13, respectively.

Tom Waits, known for his his trademark growl, is 68 today. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear from singers who have unusual or distinctive voices?

Drumroll please. Today, the Pantone Color Institute announced its 2018 color of the year: purple. The shade, “Ultra Violet,” was inspired in part by our own Prince. This past August, Pantone and the Prince estate joined forces to announced the creation of the standardized custom color “Love Symbol #2” in honor of Prince. “Love Symbol…

Thanks to Elliott who wrote in with today's Coffee break theme suggestion - references to Minnesota by non-Minnesota artists.

In a new picture book, Elinor Blake creates images to illustrate the lyrics of the White Stripes song 'We're Going To Be Friends.'

In Minnesota, we honor and celebrate the life of Prince all year long — December included. This holiday season, Illinois’s Park Ridge Lights is also shining a purple light (actually, thousands of them) to raise money for a good cause. Each year for the past four years, homeowners Tom and Tina Grusecki have decked the outside…

'Freedom's Goblin' is Ty Segall's new album, a 19-track double album set for release on Jan. 26, 2018. The Current's David Safar recently had a chance to talk to Segall about the new album. 'I think I just wanted to make the freest record I could, in the sense of there's no rules for what's going on,' Segall says.

If super-cute models of iconic Minneapolis music venues are your jam, you have never had a better month in your life. While an epic Lego model of First Avenue remains on display at Brickmania in northeast Minneapolis, Norway House on Franklin Avenue is hosting a holiday gingerbread village that features models of Twin Cities landmarks…