Today's music news highlights include a remix of 'The Twist,' Dolly Parton helping fire victims, and the year's biggest tours.

The Current's Music Director, David Safar, has put together a list of recommended albums for the music collector on your holiday gift list (or maybe for yourself).

This year in Minnesota music was of course defined by the unexpected death of Prince, but lots more happened too. Look back with our interactive timeline.

Humans measure time in unique ways. Some trace time via presidential elections. Many publications run expansive year-in-review features. Emmy-award winning comedy writer Merrill Markoe uses Bob Dylan’s Christmas lights. Markoe has closely followed the spartan holiday decorating patterns of Dylan’s home in Malibu, Calif. since she first noticed Dylan’s decorations in 2008. Since 2014 her detailed explorations of…

Now that Paisley Park is hosting weekly dance parties and movie screenings, audiences will be able to see some rare, even previously unseen Prince films — as well as well-known classics like Sign ‘O’ the Times. This Saturday, fans will get to relive the 77th show of the the Purple One’s international “Welcome 2” tour.…

The nominees for induction into the 2017 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame are out, and our own program director Jim McGuinn is one of more than 800 artists, historians and members of the music industry that will be voting. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs from 2017 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominees do you want to hear?

The Current's Program Director Jim McGuinn shares his experiences after being asked to vote for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees this year. 'An email appeared out of nowhere, asking if I'd be interested in voting for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame,' Jim writes. 'Of course! But then I started wondering ... What is this Hall of Fame really about?' Jim looked deeply into the process, and he shares what ran through his mind as he cast his ballot.

Today in Music History: John Lennon played his final gig in the U.K., Fats Waller died of pneumonia, The Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour went Gold, Pink Floyd's 'Another Brick In The Wall' made it to No. 1 and Elvis Presley gave his final performance on 'Louisiana Hayride'.

Tribe Called Quest moves upward; Childish Gambino and Frank Ocean make debuts; Phantogram and Radiohead are inducted to the Hall of Fame; and Lizzo sets a record for most No.1's for the year.

Today's top music news stories include films with iconic soundtracks being inducted into the National Film Registry, election-related news, and the release of Apple AirPods.