Following a recent study that explored the difference in laughter between strangers and between friends, we're wondering what songs you'd like to hear that contain or mention laughter. Send us your requests.

Barns Courtney has only had his Martin acoustic guitar for six months, but it already looks road-worn. 'Everything I've been through, I can sort of see represented on this instrument,' he says. 'It feels more like it's mine, like it's more a part of me than some random instrument that I've picked up.' Barns Courtney's Martin OOO-15M is the latest addition to The Current's Guitar Collection.

Dan Auerbach says that he and Black Keys bandmate Patrick Carney now “regret” taking the stage to induct Steve Miller into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Rolling Stone calls this the first time in the Rock Hall’s history that “an artist has essentially recanted his induction speech.” Miller sharply criticized the Rock Hall during his acceptance speech, later…

This Saturday, April 16 will mark the ninth year of Record Store Day. What started back in 2008 as a way to celebrate the unique culture that surrounds vinyl has today grown into an internationally recognized holiday. Record Store Day has become a reason for communities to come together along with store owners, employees and…

Today's Coffee Break theme comes from Emily in St. Paul. She and her co-workers noticed a lot of songs contain street names. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that mention street names? Send us your requests.

Kurt Vile, Emmylou Harris, and Jason Isbell are among the big names playing a 75th birthday tribute to Bob Dylan at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium on May 23 and 24, but the name that’s attracted the biggest notice is that of Kesha. The tribute concert will mark the pop star’s first public performance since a New York judge denied her…

Listener Sarah in Chicago wrote to us today because purple is her favorite color -- and she thought that could make a great theme for a Coffee Break. Sarah wonders what songs with shades of purple in the title do you want to hear? Send us your requests.

Nicholas David: With These Hands They don’t call him “the Feelin'” for nothin’: Nicholas David puts his heart and soul into every track he cuts, including every number on With These Hands, the album he’s dropping on Friday with a show at the Cedar Cultural Center. It will be a homecoming for the Eagan native and Voice alumnus,…

At The Current, we love music and we also love books about music. This month, Oake & Riley in the Morning associate producer Anna Reed reviews Bob Boilen's 'Your Song Changed My Life'.

Everybody who knows anything about First Avenue knows its significance to the 1980s music scene. The heart of the Twin Cities punk and funk scenes during the time, the historic nightclub was the pulse of the music that was coming out of Minnesota. Complicated Fun: The Minneapolis Music Scene, a new play presented by the History Theatre…