Mark Wheat counts down the top 20 songs of 2016 based on how listeners voted on 'The Chart Show' for the past 12 months.

Today's top music news stories include Paul Simon remembering Carrie Fisher, a Kennedy Center tribute to Mavis Staples, and today's inauguration update.

On Tuesday night, Bill DeVille hosted a Time Machine all about music from 1966. Now take the quiz: Listen to the mashup of five songs from the show, and see if you can identify them.

Yesterday morning Carrie Fisher died at age 60 after suffering a heart attack last week. Best known for portraying Princess Leia in 'Star Wars', Fisher is a film icon, writer and performer with a career that spans 40 years. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs with witty or clever lyrics do you want to hear?

A new book of poems by Johnny Cash shows just how deep the themes of the Man in Black's lyrics ran.

When Bob Dylan was announced as the winner of 2016’s Nobel Prize in Literature, Minnesotans rejoiced. The first rock star ever to win the Nobel, and he’s one of our own! Born and bred! Or…is he? Throwing cold water on the prairie party, many pointed out that Dylan was nowhere near the Gopher State when…

On Jan. 18, First Avenue will host its annual Best New Bands showcase — hosted, this year, by The Current’s Andrea Swensson along with Miles Anzaldo and Sylvia Jennings. Familiarize yourself with these six talented artists before making your way to the Mainroom. Colin Campbell and the Shackletons Colin Campbell & The Shackletons describe themselves…

Today in Music History: Lemmy passed away at the age of 70, George Harrison was at No. 1 with 'My Sweet Lord', The Beatles went No. 1 with 'The White Album', Dennis Wilson of The Beach Boys passed away, and Rolling Stone magazine voted 'Some Girls' by The Rolling Stones Album of the Year.

Suzanne Rindell’s new novel Three-Martini Lunch is set in the New York publishing industry circa the 1950s. It centers on Eden Katz, a young woman trying to work her way from secretarial duties up to an editorial position. That means spending late nights at work, going through manuscripts — and dodging the drunken, aggressive advances of a…

Today's top music news stories include Eddie Vedder's spontaneous generosity, the latest details on George Michael's death, and further explanation for why so few musicians are planning to perform at next month's presidential inauguration.