Catch a glimpse of a handful of the best images from the first night of our twelfth birthday party, featuring jeremy messersmith, Joseph, Strand of Oaks, Black Market Brass and Jay Smart.

It's almost time for The Current's two-day 12th birthday party, so let's kick things off this morning with a little pre-game. What songs do you want to hear from the 10 musicians that will play at First Avenue this weekend?

For an artist who rose to international fame thanks in part to a song called “When Doves Cry,” it’s no surprise that Prince had an affinity for the cooing, feathered symbols of love and peace. Doves were a major part of Prince’s imagery and artistry as early as 1984, and he kept pet doves for…

Elvis Presley's single, "Heartbreak Hotel" was released by RCA Records, Frank Sinatra played a benefit show at Carnegie Hall in New York City for Martin Luther King, Stevie Wonder had his first No. 1 hit in a decade with "Superstition", and John Lennon wrote, recorded and mixed his new single "Instant Karma!" Today in Music History.

Paisley Park has been dipping ever-farther back into the Vault for Saturday night film screenings, and tomorrow they’re turning the clock all the way back to September 9, 1988 — when the Summer Olympics were about to begin in Seoul, Guns N’ Roses’ “Sweet Child o’ Mine” ruled the Top 40, and Prince stopped in…

ZULUZULUU, “What’s The Price?” (Tiny Desk submission) NPR’s annual Tiny Desk Contest is back, and after Gaelynn Lea’s 2016 win, Afrofuturists ZULUZULUU are striving to keep the prize in Minnesota. Showing off their own tiny desk in hopes of playing at the original one in DC, their submission is a strong bid for NPR glory — and if…

Today's top music news stories include a study about dogs' favorite music, the requisite political drama, and a potential Car Seat Headrest collaboration with Smash Mouth.

Following the death of Mary Tyler Moore Wednesday, Mould calls "Love Is All Around" "a great song, and a nice tribute to" Minneapolis, Husker Du's home town.

Erasure's 1988 hit 'A Little Respect' remains a dance-floor favorite. Now, JD McPherson has reimagined the song as a soulful, swaying, slow-dance number -- likely to be another popular dance track, but in a whole new way.

Mary Tyler Moore, star of the 1970's "The Mary Tyler Moore Show", has died at age 80. One of the first career-woman characters to star in a sitcom, she deserves only the best for today's Coffee Break. What songs do you want to hear that mention a "Mary" in the lyrics?