For Janelle Monáe, The Age of Pleasure is more than an album. “It is a movement, it's something that I live,” she says. Listen to Monáe’s recent interview with The Current’s Ayisha Jaffer.

Seven years since winning NPR’s Tiny Desk Contest, Duluth musician Gaelynn Lea has played hundreds of gigs around the world, scored a Broadway play and become an influential advocate for disability awareness.

Swift became the first woman and third artist ever to have four of the Top 10 albums on Billboard's 200 chart. This latest milestone comes weeks after the release of Speak Now (Taylor's Version).

Each of 11 songs spanning a decade still feels relevant to the artist because of the album’s focal point: her children.

Multiple handwritten wills were found in Franklin's home in 2019. Two of Franklin's sons would like a 2014 will to be honored and are up against their brother, who wanted to uphold a 2010 will.

In August 1973, an 18-year-old DJ Kool Herc played his sister's back-to-school fundraiser in the rec room of their apartment building. But he and his friends sparked something much bigger.

A group of 25 Minnesota musicians have been split into five bands and have two days to write a repertoire of original music to perform.

Fleet Foxes filled First Avenue on Tuesday with their echoing harmonies and lush instrumentation.

The pop duo Wham! was only around for four years, but its songs have lasted decades. Chris Smith's Netflix documentary tells its history from the viewpoints of George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley.

From family memorials to jam sessions to every show at the Grand Ole Opry, the familiar singalong helps people feel connected to those who have died — whether legendary musicians or loved ones.