Today's top music news stories include Peter Frampton apologizing for losing his temper at a Minnesota concert, Quincy Jones winning a lawsuit against the Michael Jackson estate, and the Mercury Prize shortlist being announced.

Minneapolis music great André Cymone is booked to play a much-anticipated solo show this Friday, July 28 at the Turf Club. He’s now added another weekend performance: a free show at the FLOW Northside Arts Crawl. Cymone’s performance will take place at 5:45 p.m. this Saturday, July 29 at North High Field, 1801 Fremont Ave.…

The lead singers from Lucius are about midway through an ambitious North American tour, performing with Roger Waters. Wednesday night, Wolfe and Laessig were in St. Paul, and The Current caught up with them at the Xcel Energy Center to talk about the Waters tour and about what's happening with Lucius.

Earlier this week, NPR published a list of the greatest albums made by women between 1964 and the present. So what songs would you like to hear for today's 9:30 Coffee Break off of albums created by women?

There are some things that just belong together: peanut butter and jelly, the moon and the stars, Johnny Cash and June Carter, you get the drift. Something else that usually goes hand-in-hand is alcoholic beverages or drugs with live music. This is the story of my relationship with these two. Hi, I’m Sarah and I’m…

Juliana Hatfield was born; Cass Elliot released her first solo single; John Denver got his second No. 1 hit; 'Men in Black' soundtrack was a bestseller; and the late Soul Asylum bassist Karl Mueller was born Today in Music History.

Fifteen of Prince’s official music videos are now available on a Prince YouTube channel attached to Purple Rain‘s CD re-release. The videos have been added steadily over the last couple weeks, and as of today, six songs from 1984 smash album Purple Rain have been uploaded — some featuring footage from the accompanying film itself. In addition to Purple Rain, the channel hosts…

Johnson, who lived in Minneapolis, had hits in the 1970s and '80s with songs like 'Bluer than Blue,' 'Give Me Wings' and 'The Moon Is Still Over Her Shoulder.'

This weekend held one of the best days of Mark Wheat's life. Headlining Rock The Garden, Bon Iver made a triumphant return to the festival and remains a strong force on the chart. HAIM sits at the top this week, with The Mountain Goats bringing up the rear.

Ahead of her show at the Palace Theatre with Social Distortion, Jade Jackson stopped into The Current's studios to perform three songs from 'Gilded.'