Chart Show constituents came out in support this week for hometown heroes Hippo Campus, and debut entries also came in from Nashville's Margo Price and North London's Wolf Alice.

Today's top music news stories include a planned Curtis Mayfield biopic, Eminem attacking President Trump in a freestyle rap, and the White Stripes plotting cassette reissues.

Beyoncé has penned a foreword to Prince: A Private View, a forthcoming book of photographs by Afshin Shahidi. The photographs themselves, of course, are stunning — documenting Prince in settings ranging from Tokyo to Morocco to Paisley Park, coupled with Shahidi’s recollections. Given how rare public statements of any kind by Beyoncé are, though, it’s her…

If millennials demand transparency, it’s no wonder we love Tash Sultana. People of all ages have gotten attached to the 22-year-old Australian, of course, but there’s something quintessentially Tumblr-generation about her and her honesty. Who else knows they’ll be cheered on after telling journalists about their drug-induced psychosis? The mental-health issues that pushed them to cancel…

At the beginning of this year I sat down with Early Eyes, a hot new college band who were taking the local scene by storm. Tonight Jake Berglove (guitar/vocals), Des Lawrence (bass), Wyatt Fuller (drums), Joe Villano (guitar), and John O’Brien (guitar) will be celebrating one year of Early Eyes at the Ferguson Amphitheater as a part of…

Before she won a $625,000 grant on Wednesday, Giddens was a frequent guest on public radio programs. Relive her performances as both a solo artist and a member of Carolina Chocolate Drops, including a performance in the studio of Radio Heartland.

We've been having fun exploring songs that have the same title this week - both with our Monday Coffee Break and our Tuesday music trivia. But for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that are called "Hold On"? You'd be surprised how many there are....

Each Fall, The Current collects some of the best live and in-studio performances of past year into one great album -- Live Current. This year, we release the thirteenth volume in the series.

Andrea Swensson's new book is a crucial addition to Minnesota music history, sharing the stories of generations of R&B musicians who are rarely mentioned - despite the fact that their influence was responsible for the pop music of an entire decade.

Muddy Waters was almost killed in a car crash; The Beatles covered Chuck Berry; Aretha Franklin stepped onto a stage; and The Sex Pistols recorded their first single, Today in Music History.