Today's top music news stories include the death of Mobb Deep rapper Prodigy, a new satellite location for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and an album announcement from Foo Fighters.

Derrick Stevens, The Current's Production Manager, joins Mary Lucia to talk about a recent event he participated in that focused on music and race in Minnesota and in the wider music and entertainment industries.

It's the first day of summer, and it's Brian Wilson's 75th birthday, a man whose music embodied the feeling of sunshine, beaches and warm weather. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what summer songs do you want to hear?

The Twin Cities music community was dealt a hard blow this weekend with the passing of Sonny Knight, an endlessly charismatic and powerful soul singer whose history on local stages dates all the way back to the early 1960s. From cutting his first 45 as Little Sonny Knight back in 1965 to recording his final…

David Bowie recorded "Space Oddity"; Neil Diamond appeared on the 20th anniversary show of American Bandstand; Brian Wilson and Lionel Richie were born; and Neil Young's "Cinnamon Girl" went Gold, Today in Music History.

The reissue record label Numero Group has digitally released a newly remastered edition of an album by local punk/alternative rock legends Hüsker Dü. The album in question is Everything Falls Apart, Hüsker Dü’s debut studio album which was originally released in 1983. The release comes as yet another teaser for a much larger Hüsker Dü project Numero Group is suspected to be working…

Today's top music news stories include two music-related U.S. Supreme Court cases and the return of JAY-Z's hyphen.

After the rush of stardom accompanying her 2013 debut, the singer felt 'deeply conspicuous' working in her native New Zealand. To finish her new album, 'Melodrama,' Lorde let herself get lost in New York.

Artists heard on The Current are frequently featured on late-night TV. The week of June 12, 2017, includes appearances by artists including Jeff Tweedy, Lake Street Dive, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, and more. See the complete schedule.

Seattle band Bread & Butter are aptly named: they make simple pop songs with a bit of vintage Big Star or Raspberries sensibilities. Check out their track, 'Keys to the City'; it's Mary Lucia's DJ Pick of the Week for June 19, 2017.