Prince has indefinitely postponed his solo European tour in the wake of Friday’s terrorist attacks in Paris. The tour would have included two December shows in Paris, as well as performances at 15 more cities across the continent. (NME) I was upset when they put those up in the morning @Prince3EG but totally understand your…

Following Friday's attacks in Paris, among the many things to which people turn for comfort is music. There are songs that express empathy, hope and solidarity. What message would you like to send, and what song does that for you? Let us know. For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs for Paris do you want to hear?

Thanksgiving hasn’t even happened yet, but people are already thinking about next year’s Minnesota State Fair concerts. The Dixie Chicks just announced that they will be playing at the Grandstand on Aug. 27, 2016 as part of their U.S. tour. It has been over ten years since their last U.S. tour and, as singer Natalie Maines…

The Jimi Hendrix Experience had a No. 1 album; Rush received their first Gold records; Bono was injured in a bicycle crash; and John Lennon enjoyed a No. 1 hit on a track that featured Elton John as a session musician, Today in Music History.

Although he could probably walk away from music after the success of 'Once,' Glen Hansard obviously enjoys making music. And on his second solo album, 'Didn't He Ramble,' Hansard shows that he is just plain good at it.

The world is reeling in the wake of a series of brutal terrorist attacks in Paris. Friday’s coordinated assaults by the extremist group known as ISIS took 132 lives and wounded hundreds more. Adding poignance to this tragedy, for music fans, is the fact that the most deadly of the assaults took place at a rock concert: a…

In town as part of a Somali music-and-culture residency at The Cedar Cultural Center in Minneapolis, Maryam Mursal stopped by The Current's studio for a session hosted by Mark Wheat. Mursal looks forward to sharing her music, particularly with younger Somali people who may not have heard her before now.

Polica's latest album is a love letter to Minneapolis and its troubled past.

Sunday, Nov. 15, is America Recycles Day, a nationwide effort to increase recycling awareness and to inform citizens about how to recycle various items. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what recycled songs -- aka cover tunes -- would you like to hear? Send us your requests.

With their debut album out today on Wax Poetics, I had a chance to sit down recently with the two men behind the intriguing, genre-bending, insanely catchy new project Bones and Beeker. A portion of my conversation with the group’s Brendan Kelly (a.k.a. BK-One) and Anthony Newes aired on last week’s edition of The Local…