With less than a month to go before the one official Prince tribute concert is supposed to take place at U.S. Bank Stadium, management of the event is in transition. A spokesperson for The Door, a PR and marketing agency based in New York, told MPR News via e-mail that the firm is representing the official Prince tribute…

If you’ve been following The Current’s music news, you remember that last year Sean Lennon was sued for $10 million by the parents of Marisa Tomei — who say that a tree in Lennon’s front yard is damaging the foundation of their neighboring brownstone in the West Village neighborhood of New York City. Now, Lennon has been…

Olsen's music has earned her critical acclaim, but also a reputation as a tortured soul. The 29-year-old songwriter's third album, 'My Woman,' showcases a more lighthearted side.

The Bad Plus have announced that they will be back for their 17th annual holiday-season performances. After a run of Midwest shows throughout December, the trio will return to their Minnesota roots for eight shows at the Dakota Jazz Club right before the New Year. The trio, based in New York City, have been touring behind their new…

We've been playing a new song called 'Say Yeah' by Kishi Bashi that's got everyone all a flutter with its flutey goodness. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that feature a respectable dose of flute?

What a long, strange four and a half years it’s been for Mill City Nights, the AEG-owned nightclub that was opened in early 2012 to ostensibly compete with downtown Minneapolis landmark First Avenue. After an opening show by Jane’s Addiction that can only be described as a disaster — overcrowding and impossible sightlines led to…

In July of 2015, before Nick Cave and his band recorded their latest album, 'Skeleton Tree,' Cave's 15-year-old son, Arthur, died falling off a cliff in Brighton. Rather than being asked the same wrenching questions over and over, Cave enlisted the help of a friend and collaborator to attempt to form an honest reflection of grief and improvisation; that is exactly what Andrew Dominik did. Read Mary Lucia's thoughts on the resulting film, 'One More Time With Feeling.'

TMZ recently revealed that Nelly owes $2.4 million in federal and state taxes. SPIN reported the story with a headline based on the average Spotify payout for each song stream: “Nelly Needs At Least 287,176,547 ‘Hot In Herre’ Streams to Pay Off His IRS Debt.” The St. Louis rapper’s supporters took it from there. Tracking their…

Can you smell it in the air? It's International Chocolate Day. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that mention chocolate in the lyrics?

White's latest album is a career retrospective, but without the big electric sound he's been known for since the late 1990s.