Veteran music journalist Fred Goodman is the author of a new book about legendary manager Allen Klein. Hear Klein's impact for yourself in a special playlist annotated by Goodman.

Bob Dylan‘s label Columbia has partnered with Genius to present graphic visualizations of how some of Dylan’s classic lyrics evolved. Using the multiple takes available on Dylan’s forthcoming Bootleg Series box set focusing on the years 1965-66, Columbia staff have created GIFs that show how Dylan’s lyrics for songs like “Desolation Row” and “One of…

Listener Anita from Chanhassen, Minn., suggested a Coffee Break of songs with traffic noise in them. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that include traffic noise, sirens, car horns, etc.? Send us your requests.

Is this Crescent Moon’s most prolific year to date? Following hot on the heels of the release of this month’s excellent Kill the Vultures album Carnelian and an EP he created with Andrew Broder, the talented, intense, beat-poet-leaning MC will also put out a full-length with his trio Mixed Blood Majority and headline the Mainroom before…

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A Berlin concert by Bill Haley and his Comets sparked a riot; The Rolling Stones cut their first demo; the Beatles were awarded MBEs; Ozzy broke his foot; Andy Taylor left Duran Duran; and bassist Bootsy Collins was born in Cincinnati in 1951, Today in Music History.

Seeking to expand his horizons and his reach, Nathaniel Rateliff connected with full-blown horn section the Night Sweats. The result is a rousing, energetic and catchy new record that fits firmly in the Stax Records catalogue.

David Bowie has confirmed that his 27th studio album will be released on his 69th birthday: Jan. 8, 2016. Blackstar will contain only seven tracks: “long, jazzy jams mixed with the kind of driving beat pioneered by Seventies German bands Can and Kraftwerk,” according to a “Bowie insider” contacted by the Times of London. The album’s first…

A New Yorker now for 15 years, Craig Finn's recent solo album, 'Faith in the Future', contains only one Twin Cities reference, but it allows him to put more of himself in the music. 'My day-to-day life is not as exciting as a Hold Steady song,' Finn says. '[The solo record] allows me to be more vulnerable.' Visiting The Current, Finn plays a solo acoustic session hosted by Bill DeVille.

Last March, Prince helped release Judith Hill’s debut album, Back in Time, for free. Like many online phenomena, though, the download link was temporary; after a couple of days on the web, the album disappeared. The good news for those who missed it: Prince’s label, NPG Records, re-dropped Back in Time last Friday (this time…