When Adia Victoria visited The Current's studio for a recent session, she was rocking out on a near-mint 2001 Gibson SG. She took some time after the session to tell us about it.

HBO has gone back on its plans to renew Vinyl for a second season. Though the series — a fictional story set in the New York music industry circa the 1970s, produced by Mick Jagger and Martin Scorsese — was highly anticipated (and won fans including The Current’s Mary Lucia), it proved to be a ratings disappointment. (Pitchfork) Remembering…

Congratulations to NBA Champions the Cleveland Cavaliers! Tonight, fans will celebrate with a parade and rally in downtown Cleveland. Let's celebrate them from afar by playing bands from Cleveland for today's 9:30 Coffee Break.

In an interview with the New York Times, singer-songwriter Judith Hill has opened up about her “very intense” relationship with Prince. Among the subjects Hill discussed is the fact that she was with Prince, the week before his death, on the flight that made an emergency stop in Illinois after Prince became unresponsive. It’s the…

On July 4, the fireworks over downtown Minneapolis will be choreographed to a mix of Prince music provided by The Current. Starting at 10:00 p.m. on July 4, you can tune in to The Current on air (89.3 FM in the Twin Cities) or via our website or the MPR Radio app for the perfect…

“I’m kind of soft-spoken,” Katana Da Don told me as I flipped on a tape recorder in a Northeast Minneapolis restaurant. In terms of volume, she was right — silverware and nearby chatter sometimes overwhelmed her voice. But in terms of power, the descriptor is totally wrong. Katana Da Don is a local rapper, and…

Believe it or not, there’s never actually been an official soundtrack release for the 1986 John Hughes classic Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. Now, to celebrate the film’s 30th anniversary, an official soundtrack will finally be released later this year (specific date TBA). The surprising reason there never was a soundtrack release: Hughes didn’t think anybody would want…

1967 was the Summer of Love. 100,000 people gathered in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco for a massive social experiment celebrating gender equality, communal living and free love. For today's Coffee Break, let's recreate the soundtrack to that summer.

A new Prince mural at the Chanhassen Cinema will be officially unveiled tomorrow night, June 22, at 7 p.m. The Mayor of Chanhassen will join artist Mr G Hoete to unveil the mural, which will be dedicated to the late music icon’s family. Michael Holtz, who often DJed at Paisley Park, will be providing music…

Local indie band (and non-diegetic movie stars) Rogue Valley are back with new music, having spent the last few years writing, recording, and fine-tuning their fifth studio album, radiate/dissolve. It comes out tomorrow, but ahead of that time, the band is sharing the video for their song “Transference.” As with most of Rogue Valley’s best tracks, this song is…