The Christmas lights on the hedge surrounding Bob Dylan‘s house in Malibu have been documented since 2008 — and analyzed, in increasingly absurd detail — by his neighbor, writer Merrill Markoe. This year, Markoe reports that after several years of using the same “weather-worn” lights, Dylan has celebrated this year’s holiday season with a brand-new set of Christmas…

The soul singer's new collection of holiday songs may be destined to become a revisited classic. Stream the album in its entirety on our website.

For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, we're looking for the best songs to compliment the following three dishes: Granola and yogurt, club sandwich with a dill pickle spear and kettle chips, steak dinner with red wine.

Happy holidays! ‘Tis the season for festive tunes, from silly to serious. Once again this year, we’ll be celebrating Minnesota-made holiday music with special programming on our Local Current stream. Tune in our Local Current stream of Minnesota music on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Andrea and I will co-host a jumbo-sized six-hour selection of holiday music…

Marvin Gaye scored his first US No. 1 single when 'I Heard It Through The Grapevine'; The Jackson Five made their first network television appearance in the U.S. when they appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show; American blues and jazz singer Dinah Washington died at age 39.

Duluth mayor Don Ness has been called “the most popular mayor in America” (or “the Hipster King of the Zenith City”) — and with good reason, as his approval ratings among his constituents are sky-high. Still, Ness has decided to step away from City Hall to pursue other projects. His last day in office will…

Two shows at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul will inaugurate Adele’s North American tour behind her massive hit album 25. The shows will take place on July 5 and 6, with tickets on sale this Thursday — Dec. 17 — at 10:00 a.m. Ticket prices for the St. Paul shows will be $39.95 – $149.50.…

Lizzo's new album, 'Big GRRRL Small World,' features club bangers, soul-baring ballads and a vocoder breakdown about halfway through that'll have you in tears. And throughout the album, Lizzo dives deep on social issues ranging from body politics, self-acceptance, and empowerment to race relations and feminism.

The Current's digital commerce producer Scott Olstad shares his top songs and albums of 2015.

When Prince titled his last album Hit N Run: Phase One, fans were left wondering if and when Phase Two would arrive. The answer turned out to be: on Saturday, exclusively on Tidal. Hit N Run: Phase Two contains a dozen tracks, beginning with the topical song “Baltimore.” The album contains three other previously released tracks, a few songs that have…