Erykah Badu makes her debut; Nathaniel Rateliff and Low are back on the chart; and David Bowie holds on to the No.1 spot for the second consecutive week.

Watch crazy-as-hell video of kaleidoscopic cats and enter for a chance to win a vinyl copy of Meow the Jewels.

Indicted pharmaceutical entrepreneur Martin Shkreli has finally listened to Once Upon a Time in Shaolin, the edition-of-one Wu-Tang Clan album he paid $2 million for. “It’s definitely better than their last album,” says Vice writer Allie Conti, who heard the album playing in the background during an interview with Shkreli. For his part, Shkreli “vacillates between wanting to destroy the record…

I’m turning the tables a little bit on today’s O.K. Show, because while my guest certainly contributes to the scene as a musician with his work in the Background Noise Crew, Ali Elabbady is primarily known as a music writer and radio host; he currently works for Reviler and Greenroom Magazine, and had a long-running show…

To honor Black History Month, The Current celebrates by spotlighting African-American musical icons from throughout history and across genres. As February approaches, help us pick the artists to feature for Black History Month this year!

Today we celebrate the birthday of Elmore James, blues guitarist and singer known as the King of the Slide Guitar. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, send us your suggestions for songs that feature the slide guitar.

Heavy Table Editor James Norton joins Jade and Sean McPherson to talk about meatless meats from the Herbivorous Butcher.

MPR News's Digital Books Producer Tracy Mumford joins Jade and Sean to talk about 2016 movies that are based on books.

Elvis Presley's single, "Heartbreak Hotel" was released by RCA Records; Frank Sinatra played a benefit show at Carnegie Hall in New York City for Martin Luther King; Stevie Wonder had his first No. 1 hit in a decade with "Superstition"; and John Lennon wrote, recorded and mixed his new single "Instant Karma!", Today in Music History.

Tom Loftus has finally found his people — and this weekend, he will be throwing a party to celebrate them. Loftus, the founder of Modern Radio Record Label, is hosting a two-day mini-festival for the 16th anniversary of his label, filled with a dynamic cross-section of the Twin Cities music scene’s past, present, and future. The…