Along with Classical MPR's Tesfa Wondemagegnehu, The Current's Production Manager Derrick Stevens lent his skills and stories to a rehearsal of the vocal-music students at the FAIR School in Minneapolis. The students will soon be performing 'Glory,' the Oscar-winning song by John Legend and Common.

Jake Rudh has previously celebrated the genius of John Hughes at First Avenue, but would people show up for a few hours of sci-fi action? It turns out they did. Jake provides a recap of a 'Star Wars' party at First Avenue that drew nearly 1,200 people and raised money for a good cause.

Tickets for Adele‘s two Xcel Energy Center shows went on sale to the public Thursday morning, and sold out as quickly as fans could scoop them up. Arena staff told the Star Tribune that they’d never seen such demand for any shows, ever. The melee now moves to ticket reselling (a practice that’s legal in Minnesota), where ticket…

For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, we're looking for songs that reference Star Wars. You know why.

MPR News Arts Reporter Marianne Combs joins Jade and Sean McPherson to talk about new, not-so-traditional holiday traditions in the local art world.

Newer acts like The Smiths and Nine Inch Nails were overlooked. The prog rock band Yes got a no. And for Chic, the record of futility continues.

The Beatles first appeared on American radio; David Bowie released his fourth album Hunky Dory; Adele was named Billboard's top artist of 2012; Elvis Costello And The Attractions played "Radio, Radio" on SNL against Lorne Michaels' wishes.

Brandi Carlile bounces back; Wilco, Jason Isbell and Cage the Elephant make debuts; Hippo Campus go out on top; and Bad Bad Hats are inducted to the Hall of Fame for the first time.

Emily Raffesberger, one of The Current's college contributors, shares her top albums and songs of 2015.

Michael Jackson‘s epochal album Thriller has become the first album ever to sell 30 million copies in the United States. The landmark inspired Epic Records CEO L.A. Reid to declare Jackson the “biggest artist of all time.” (Rolling Stone) The album is claimed to have sold 100 million copies worldwide, twice the amount of its nearest competitor, AC/DC‘s Back in Black. Another…