Thanks to Explore Minnesota, you can take a Google 360-degree tour of First Ave. Go downstairs, head backstage, check out the upstairs (there's even owner's box access), and see some familiar faces along the way. See how quickly you can find the twelve items in our scavenger hunt.

Mary Lucia shares her thoughts about rising musician Barns Courtney. 'If I had my way and could predict the future of rock and roll, Barns Courtney would be huge.' See why Mary thinks the singer-songwriter may have a big future ahead of him.

Chance the Rapper and Skrillex joined Stephen Colbert on The Late Show this week to “remix” Colbert’s monologue about Tiny Toast: a new cereal from Golden Valley food giant General Mills. Later, the two appeared with Hundred Waters to perform “Show Me Love.” (Rolling Stone) See Chance in the company of 9,900 more waters on June 18 at Rock…

New York has a gritty music history – underground punk shows in the Lower East Side, rap battles burgeoning in the Bronx, rock legends starting as childhood friends from Queens. New York is a scene of grit and grime, but undeniably, it’s rock and roll at its core – which I have been dying to be a…

Brian Oake saw The Cure last night at the Xcel and loved every second of it. Of the band's appearance, he said with the utmost reverence, "Robert Smith is not backing down from the whole makeup thing. That's for damn sure." So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, let's listen to songs from bands or artists who wear heavy makeup.

Minneapolis and St. Paul have both released their summer music and movies series, which boast an outdoor movie, sometimes with a band, for nearly every day in the summer. Also in the mix: the Walker Art Center’s annual music and movies series. Below is a list of movies, concerts and locations. All movies begin at sunset unless…

It’s just a few sleeps ahead of More Funk ’16 – Old School ’80s and the Mplsound at First Avenue, the funk flo’ filla party I’m organizing along with DJ Cowboy, Dean Vaccaro, Roy Freedom and the ace First Ave crew. On deadline, I look online for some inspiring funk to drive home this Current…

Rare video of Prince playing basketball has surfaced in the form of a music video shot in 2000 by David Schwartz, who remembers “he was a trash talker.” (Billboard) Meanwhile, Judge Kevin Eide will decide by Thursday “whether music-industry specialists should be hired to help manage estate assets for potential heirs” of Prince, reports the Star Tribune. Carlin Q.…

“Isn’t the sky beautiful tonight?” That’s how Prince greeted The Current’s program director Jim McGuinn, who reported on his summer 2010 visit to Paisley Park in one of the first Prince stories ever published on The Current’s website. The Current was launched in 2005, and Prince became a supporter of the station. He showed that support…

Though he was a Jehovah's Witness and didn't celebrate holidays, it's hard not to think about Prince today, on what would have been his 58th birthday. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that Prince wrote for others?