The Father of Bluegrass died 20 years ago. Now, Monroe's family is cleaning out the closets -- and for music fans, even some of his most mundane possessions are meaningful.

Haley Bonar and Phantogram make big moves; Joseph, the Tallest Man on Earth, Chance The Rapper and Atmosphere make debuts; The Head and the Heart are the highest new entry; and Beck holds on to No.1 for the second week in a row.

Smokey Robinson will serve as executive music producer of a new animated series inspired by the classic catalog of Motown hits. The series, being developed for Netflix, will feature the music of Robinson, Marvin Gaye, the Jackson 5, Lionel Richie, the Supremes, the Temptations, and Stevie Wonder. “The latest series follows the adventures of an 8-year-old boy named Ben, who lives…

On Tuesday night, Bill DeVille hosted a Time Machine all about music from 1959. Now take the quiz: Listen to the mashup of five songs from the show, and see if you can identify them.

Last night Donald Trump booted a crying baby from his rally in Virginia. Let's dig into this with a Coffee Break including songs that mention babies, "baby" or "babe".

Macca announced the formation of Wings; Tears for Fears had something to shout about; Def Leppard released 'Hysteria'; singer and all-around good guy Tony Bennett has a birthday; Bob Dylan returned to Newport Folk Festival after a 37-year absence; and The Beach Boys released 'Surfer Girl', Today in Music History.

John Moe gazes into the facade of Mount Rushmore and decides to look into areas of music where he could most easily find a dominant foursome to determine if, wherever there is a group of four, there is a notably less stellar member of the group: the Teddy.

Before the 1984 blockbuster Purple Rain catapulted Prince on to the national stage, there was an Aug. 3, 1983 benefit concert for the Minnesota Dance Theatre at the recently re-branded First Avenue. It was there that the budding pop star debuted much of the Purple Rain album tracks, and recorded the versions of “Purple Rain,” “I Would…

“Iggy Confidential” goes all-Bowie Iggy Pop dedicated an entire episode of his BBC Radio 6 show to David Bowie, his friend and colleague. Listen for two hours of music and Iggy’s memories of the late star (including what happened when Bowie first played Iggy “Just Dance”). (Pitchfork) Stevie Wonder, Lady Gaga among featured performers at Tony…

'I've known my whole life that I'm alive to make music,' Esme Patterson says. 'I want to keep writing songs and playing them for people.' After playing a lively show at the 7th Street Entry in Minneapolis on Monday night, Patterson and her band stopped in to The Current studio for a session hosted by Mary Lucia.