John Lippman, the man who bought the defunct Columbia House music club for $1.5 million, says he’s hoping to relaunch the club as a vinyl retailer. Lippman believes the online market for vinyl sales is underserved: “For a category that is meaningful and growing rapidly,” he told the Wall Street Journal, “you don’t see a…

Now that we’re 11 episodes into the OK Show, I realized that I’ve started to weave a bit of a tangled web between some of my guests. You may remember that season 1 wrapped up with Manchita of GRRRL PRTY, and season 2 kicked off with one of Manchita’s collaborators in GRRRL PRTY, Lizzo. Well…

For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, let's enjoy "Festivus for the Rest of Us" with a set of songs for Festivus.

Heavy Table Editor James Norton joins Jade and Sean McPherson to talk about the life of Mitch Omer, the founding chef of Hell's Kitchen.

Jade, Sean and Anna are here to recommend the best of the best for you to sink your eyes into over whatever kind of holiday break you might be experiencing in the coming weeks. Sit back, take a gander and then binge on, dear friends.

Beach Boy Brian Wilson had a nervous breakdown; Cat Stevens formally changed his name to Yusef Islam; Phil Collins went No. 1 with 'Another Day In Paradise'; and Eddie Vedder was born, Today in Music History.

Gabriel Douglas (the 4onthefloor), Erik Berry (Trampled By Turtles), and Fever Dream will play an upcoming benefit show for a Duluth woman who’s undergoing treatment for a kidney disease. The benefit and silent auction for Duluth native Erica Rodriguez is being held at the Red Herring Lounge this Sunday, Dec. 27, at 7 p.m. Rodriguez was diagnosed with a kidney…

Earlier this week, Billboard reported that negotiations between the Beatles and streaming services were complete, and that the Fab Four’s musical catalog could start streaming on services like Spotify and Apple Music as soon as this week. Now, it’s official: the Beatles’ catalog will be available at 12:01 a.m. on Christmas Eve via Apple Music, Deezer, Google…

Original Cheap Trick drummer Bun E. Carlos says he doesn’t “get along very good” with frontman Robin Zander, but he expects the band’s founding members will “make nice” and reunite to play together for the band’s forthcoming induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. (Rolling Stone) Fellow inductees Chicago will also play at the 2016 ceremony —…

Each year, The Current sees dozens of artists through our doors. 2015 was no different. When artists come to the station, we try to spend time with them in the studio, but often their schedules don’t allow for anything more than a quick on-air chat, and if we’re lucky, a quick portrait session. The best…