Bono has given the New York Times an update on his slow recovery from the serious bicycle accident he suffered last November in Central Park. He still can’t move two fingers on his right hand, and remains unable to play guitar. It will take over a year to know how fully he’ll be able to…

Last year, local rapper P.O.S curated a miniature music festival deemed “The F***ing Best Show Ever” (TFBSE) after successfully undergoing a kidney transplant. The show is now back for a second year, this time hosted at the Familia Skate Park in Northeast Minneapolis on June 13. The show will include performances by P.O.S himself, Big…

Inspired by the Northeast Minneapolis Tool Library, we're thinking about songs that mention tools. For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that mention some kind of tool in the lyrics? Send us your requests.

MPR News Arts Reporter Marianne Combs joins Jill Riley and Sean McPherson (in for Steve Seel) to talk about a couple of theater productions that provide historic insights, one of which Marianne says is "something I've never seen the likes of before."

What makes an artist "essential"? It's not a question we take lightly, so we're asking you, our fellow musicheads, for help. We'll take your picks and play them during our Spring Member Drive.

Elvis got the whole cell block dancing; The Young Rascals were lovin' it; The Who's Keith Moon probably didn't earn any hotel points; Michael Jackson and Eddie Van Halen paired up for a big hit; and Minnesota-based 1960s pop icon was born Today in Music History.

Alabama Shakes are at #1 for the fourth time; Paste highlights local group Hippo Campus at #2; Father John Misty debuts with the third song off I Love You, Honeybear; The Black Keys set a Chart Show Hall of Fame record.

You can get a high school diploma by spending only nine days in high school—if, that is, you’re country great Merle Haggard. The superintendent of the Bakersfield, California school where Haggard spent his very brief secondary education career presented Haggard with a diploma before the “Mama Tried” singer played a show on Saturday at the nearby Fox…

In all fairness to "Louie, Louie," there are a lot of songs with words that are difficult to understand. For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs with incomprehensible lyrics do you want to hear? Send us your requests.

Joe Alton stops by The Current's Morning Show to talk to Jill Riley and Sean McPherson (in for Steve Seel) about Minnesota's booming cider industry. 'Nationally, cider is actually growing faster than craft beer,' Alton says. Hear about a number of cider makers right here in Minnesota.