Today's top music news stories include a Hot 100 hit for Leonard Cohen, a canceled tour for Kanye West, and a new Kate Bush video.

Communist Daughter talk headphone music, introspection, and duets with Andrea Swensson and play "Hold Back," "Roll A Stone," "Balboa Bridge."

Following the release of his third album, 'We Move,' James Vincent McMorrow stopped in The Current's studio for a session hosted by Jade. Looking at his trajectory as an artist, McMorrow indicates his artistic output has been informed by his circumstances and his available resources. 'Everything I do is based on what feels right,' he says. Check out the complete in-studio session.

The death this year of founding member Phife Dawg means that A Tribe Called Quest's long-delayed new album may really be its last. But as Q-Tip and Jarobi White put it, 'Musicians don't retire.'

Sharon Jones of Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings passed away Friday, following a long battle with pancreatic cancer. Her full-time professional singing career didn't begin until her 40s, and she sang her soulful songs until the end. So for today's Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that feature late bloomers - musicians whose careers didn't start off until later in life?

Billy Idol had a hit with a cover; The Stone Roses released a song after five years; Ray Charles had four hits at the same time; and Bjork was born, Today in Music History.

A year and a half worth of collaboration and creation culminated in Friday night’s world premiere of Poliça and s t a r g a z e: Music for the Long Emergency at the historic Fitzgerald Theater. The sold-out show wasn’t just a concert, but an artistic experience that allowed the audience a glimpse into the ingenious…

The tastemakers at Pitchfork have just published a list of the 50 best holiday tracks of all time, and Minnesota is well-represented. In keeping with the list’s overall tilt toward contemplative rather than exuberant Christmas songs, both selections by local artists are decidedly in a somber mood. “Another Lonely Christmas” lands at number 13. “Nobody…

On his final album, Leonard Cohen counterbalances the heaviness of his end-of-life message with a confidence in his past choices and a sense of peace with how things have worked out.

Purple Rain won its first American Music Awards in 1985, for Favorite Pop/Rock Album, Favorite Soul/R&B Album, and Favorite Soul/R&B Single (“When Doves Cry”). There was no Top Soundtrack award that year, but don’t worry: the album scooped that one too, Sunday night at the 2016 American Music Awards. (AMA nominations are based on popularity and other…