Today's top music news stories include a new study about the emotional attributes of music on MP3, two big benefit announcements, and a surprise top-seller among CDs in 2016.

As The Current's staffers and listeners compile their yearly favorite songs, Mary Lucia has put together a list of hear favorite YouTube videos of 2016. 'I have viewed these an embarrassing number of times,' Mary writes.

This Friday, a choir thousands of singers strong will perform Zach Sobiech’s “Clouds” at the Mall of America for the fourth consecutive year. The performance is intended to honor Sobiech and other young victims of cancer. “If someone were to tell Zach four years ago that the song he had chicken-scratched into his notebook would…

The Lyrics: 1961-2012 by Bob Dylan Just because Bob Dylan didn’t celebrate his Nobel Prize in Literature win, doesn’t mean you can’t. The Lyrics not only showcases classics like Dylan’s 1960s canon and later works like Blood on the Tracks, but continues to record his most recent writings right up through Tempest. Bonus: The Lyrics also includes many of…

We're getting excited for tonight's Current Holiday Show with Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats. In case you've never seen Nathaniel Rateliff, he rocks a glorious beard. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear from musicians with fantastic facial hair?

It's December, and you know what that means: year-end lists. Help The Current determine the top concerts, videos and albums of 2016!

The nominees for the top categories in the 59th annual Grammy Awards were announced this morning. Beyonce leads this year's nominees with nine nods for her acclaimed album 'Lemonade.'

R.E.M.'s Peter Buck was born, Led Zeppelin had their first hit in the US, and Sid Vicious lived up to his name.

The Current's Mike Novitzki shares his top local songs of 2016.

It's December, and you know what that means: year-end lists. Here's what music The Current's staff was excited about in 2016!