Following a ship-naming contest for Britain's Natural Environment Research Council that saw 'Boaty McBoatface' float to the top, we're wondering what songs you'd like to hear that reference boats or ships. Send us your requests.

'Patch the Sky' is one of the most upbeat albums of Bob Mould's career, but it's also an album dominated by reflection and the haunting nature of the past. Despite that, 'Patch the Sky' is anything but a downer -- and it's anything but nostalgia.

Prince is alive and well — and he has a new purple piano. That’s what fans learned Saturday night at Paisley Park, where Prince threw a dance party and made a brief appearance to let everyone know he’s perfectly fine after a reported hospital visit on Friday. “Wait a few days before you waste any prayers,”…

Prince is back home in Chanhassen resting up after what TMZ reported as an “emergency landing” and hospitalization in Moline, Ill., early Friday morning. Despite the scare, Prince’s camp told the Star Tribune that “all’s good.” The gossip site sent social media into a tizzy after breaking the news and providing conflicting reports on Prince’s…

Tomorrow is Record Store Day. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that mention vinyl, records, wax, 45s, turntables and so forth? Send us your requests.

This Saturday will mark the ninth annual Record Store Day (RSD), and the web is rich in revelry round-ups. Online, shoppers can plan their outings and even browse this year’s exclusive releases. But something that can’t be understood so easily on the Internet is the relationship between record stores and communities. From decades-old shops to…

Lizzo: “Good as Hell” Lizzo brought her two dancers, DJ/BFF Sophia Eris, and a couple of barber poles to the talk show The Real for a rousing performance of “Good as Hell,” her new song from the Barbershop: The Next Cut soundtrack. This summer Lizzo’s making the music festival rounds — including Soundset at the Minnesota State…

At his “One on One” tour opener Wednesday night in Fresno, Paul McCartney played “A Hard Day’s Night” — the first time he’d ever performed the song as a solo artist, meaning the first time he’d played it publicly in 51 years. He also played “Love Me Do” for the first time as a solo artist,…

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.