Prince is alive and well — and he has a new purple piano. That’s what fans learned Saturday night at Paisley Park, where Prince threw a dance party and made a brief appearance to let everyone know he’s perfectly fine after a reported hospital visit on Friday. “Wait a few days before you waste any prayers,”…

Record Store Day 2016 is Saturday, April 16. In the run-up to the big day, a number of staff people at The Current shared what they'll be looking for along with some of their favorite finds from years past. You can also see when and where you can meet folks from The Current as they visit Twin Cities record stores on Saturday.

Prince is back home in Chanhassen resting up after what TMZ reported as an “emergency landing” and hospitalization in Moline, Ill., early Friday morning. Despite the scare, Prince’s camp told the Star Tribune that “all’s good.” The gossip site sent social media into a tizzy after breaking the news and providing conflicting reports on Prince’s…

Tomorrow is Record Store Day. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that mention vinyl, records, wax, 45s, turntables and so forth? Send us your requests.

As if we haven't already had enough musical madness this month, The Current is getting even crazier: We are compiling a list of the 893 most essential albums of all time, and we can't do it without you.

This Saturday will mark the ninth annual Record Store Day (RSD), and the web is rich in revelry round-ups. Online, shoppers can plan their outings and even browse this year’s exclusive releases. But something that can’t be understood so easily on the Internet is the relationship between record stores and communities. From decades-old shops to…

Roberta Flack started a six-week run at No. 1; Queen won an Ivor Novello Award; the Fine Young Cannibals hit No. 1 with a 'crazy' single; Montell Jordan showed us how he does it with his No. 1 hit; and Joey Ramone, lead singer and co-founder of the Ramones, died at age 49 Today in Music History.

Lizzo: “Good as Hell” Lizzo brought her two dancers, DJ/BFF Sophia Eris, and a couple of barber poles to the talk show The Real for a rousing performance of “Good as Hell,” her new song from the Barbershop: The Next Cut soundtrack. This summer Lizzo’s making the music festival rounds — including Soundset at the Minnesota State…

The Flaming Lips turn a classic Bowie number into a touching, psychedelic memorial.

At his “One on One” tour opener Wednesday night in Fresno, Paul McCartney played “A Hard Day’s Night” — the first time he’d ever performed the song as a solo artist, meaning the first time he’d played it publicly in 51 years. He also played “Love Me Do” for the first time as a solo artist,…