Maurice White, the founder and leader of Earth, Wind & Fire, has died at age 74. The genre-busting Earth, Wind & Fire won six Grammys and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. (Seattle Times) Prince Down Under Prince has shared news that he’ll take his Piano & a Microphone tour to Australia…

For tonight's Films at the Fitz we'll be showing 'The Big Lebowski' with musical guest PaviElle. In honor of The Dude's signature White Russian drink, send us songs for today's Coffee Break that reference a specific cocktail.

Cloud Cult are presenting a sneak-peek screening of their forthcoming film The Seeker on Feb. 10 at Minneapolis’s Riverview Theater. Following the screening there will be a Q&A and meet-and-greet with the band, and film director Jeff D. Johnson. The Seeker is a feature-length narrative film featuring Alex McKenna and Josh Radnor. The experimental art-drama follows a girl…

Located in Northeast Minneapolis, Flashlight Vinyl specializes in rock, funk, and hip-hop records. With items ranging from cheap one-dollar records to obscure releases, Flashlight caters to casual listeners and record collectors alike. The new record store opened for business last month, and it’s celebrating with a party tomorrow — Friday, Feb. 5. Local Show host Andrea Swensson sat down…

Sarah White has been an integral part of the Twin Cities scene since the early 2000s, when she began her hip-hop career in the group Traditional Methods — an act she started with one of my colleagues here at the Current, Sean McPherson, aka Twinkie Jiggles of Heiruspecs. She first landed on my radar when she…

For years, “The Lewis Connection” remained a mostly forgotten record from the ‘70s. But a few years ago, record collectors began offering Pierre Lewis up to $1000 for his old band’s album — which credits Prince Rogers Nelson in the liner notes. “I wasn’t surprised. I always knew. Cause Prince being on that one song,…

Miles Ahead, a new biopic about Miles Davis, is slated to hit theaters on April 1. The film marks the directorial debut of Don Cheadle, who also stars as the jazz legend. Below, watch a new trailer for the movie — which has already sparked controversy for some of the “poetic license” that Cheadle admits taking with the…

A new study based on recorded calls over two years determined which is the fastest-talking state in the union. The fastest talkers are in Oregon and the second-fastest are in Minnesota. For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, send us your ideas for songs that feature fast talking or fast singing.

A new electronic label has popped up in Minneapolis. Pytch – the name will make sense in a minute – began while producer Ryan Olcott (FoodTeam, Mystery Palace, 12 Rods, c.Kostra) was working with Garrison Grouse on Grouse’s record last year. Grouse and Olcott say they didn’t exactly have an epiphany moment leading up to Pytch’s official…

Nazeem Cunningham met Spencer Joles in middle school, and neither expected to be making music together almost a decade later. “I kind of just went up to him and started freestyling, but we wouldn’t ever freestyle about anything or have it rhyme. It would just be ridiculous,” Joles said. By the time the collaborators, now…