In light of the release of her new album The Natural Minor, Molly Dean stopped by The Current to perform live in-studio and to chat with host Andrea Swensson of The Local Show.

On Friday night, Prince played the second arena show in his solo “Piano & a Microphone” concert series, enthralling the Oracle Arena in Oakland. As Zack Ruskin reports in Consequence of Sound, Prince walked a purple carpet to get to his circular platform in the center of the arena — and then rode a lighted bicycle to leave.…

Today The Morning Show is celebrating its first day with Brian Oake and Jill Riley together at the helm. To help make this morning as glorious as possible, let's focus on duos for today's Coffee Break. What songs do you want to hear from great duos?

"Dueling Banjos" got a gold record; David Bowie released his ninth studio album 'Young Americans'; George Michael was voted the sexiest musician; and The Beastie Boys were the first rap act at No. 1, Today in Music History.

Lizzo’s hustle is impeccable. A mere three months have passed since the release of her album, Big GRRRL Small World, and she’s already back in the studio hard at work on a follow-up with the powerhouse producer Ricky Reed. And if today’s debut on Zane Lowe’s Beats1 show is any indication of what’s ahead, Lizzo…

Bob Dylan has announced his 37th (!) studio album. Fallen Angels will be released on May 20, according to a seemingly-deleted post on Dylan’s Facebook page, and will be given free to each buyer of a pair of tickets at most stops on Dylan’s summer tour. The tour, which will feature Mavis Staples — a longtime…

What happens when your health issues take center stage, forcing you to reschedule tours, delay plans, rearrange your artistic desires? What happens when your mind races ahead but your body stays put? What happens when you start to feel like everyone knows you as “that rapper who got the kidney transplant”? What if you feel sick…

From the opening strains of the first track, Polica make it clear that this album is taking us in a new direction. With songs that are political and personal, singer Channy Leaneagh shows off the full range of her elastic and emotive voice.

Rx Radio is a feature on Oake and Riley in the Morning where we prescribe just the right song for whatever situation is happening in your life.

Comprised of high schoolers in the Minnesota small town Fulda, 1960s garage rock group the Continental Co-ets may have been the first all-girl rock and roll group in the country — or at least in the Upper Midwest. Claims to fame aside, the teenagers’ tenaciousness deserves recognition. With a DIY punk spirit, the girls started…