Today's top music news stories include the still-unsolved murder of Run-DMC's Jam Master Jay, the still-unsold home of Kurt Cobain, and continuing tributes to Fats Domino.

Iceland Airwaves is one of the world's premier music festivals -- and in 2017, The Current will be there, bringing you live broadcasts from Iceland's second-largest city, Akureryi. Join host Mark Wheat on Thursday and Friday, Nov. 2 and 3, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. (Central) for interviews, performances and a few cultural insights as well.

What a stupid grin I have on my face. I keep picturing moments from the show at the Fitzgerald Theater last night, a vibrant event called “The Rise of the Minneapolis Sound” after the subtitle of Andrea Swensson’s new book Got to be Something Here. It served as a book launch; a history lesson; and most…

For her most recent album, 'The Lonely, The Lonesome &The Gone,' singer-songwriter Lee Ann Womack got back to her roots. "I grew up in East Texas, so I went back to East Texas to record," Womack says. Lee Ann Womack, together with guitarist Jonathan Trebing, visited The Current studio to chat with Bill DeVille and to play some songs from her new album.

Hiss Golden Messenger are busy touring in support of 'Hallelujah Anyhow', their second album in as many years. Before their show at the Turf Club in St. Paul, Hiss Golden Messenger stopped at The Current to play songs from their latest album as well as a track from 2016's 'Heart Like a Levee', and to chat with host Mac Wilson.

In Dessa's new single "Good Grief," she muses on the realities of pain. In this interview, she tells Cecilia Johnson about her favorite part of the song, what "badass" means to her, and her recent contribution to Puerto Rico relief fundraiser "Almost Like Praying."

Though Halloween isn't officially until Tuesday, many Halloween-themed events will be happening this weekend and we need to get in the mood. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what spooky songs do you want to hear?

Update: This article previously stated that Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis would’ve announced the Super Bowl Live line-up on Oct. 27 if their flight hadn’t been delayed. Instead, they were simply planning to appear in Minneapolis to share their excitement. About a hundred people and a squad of cameras gathered in the IDS Building’s Crystal…

Ben E. King recorded his first solo tracks; Peter Paul & Mary held down two spots in the album charts; Bruce Springsteen appeared on the covers of two major news magazines; U2's 'Rattle & Hum' premiered in Dublin; and Lou Reed passed away, Today in Music History.

One of the most significant sites in Prince history is also one of the most mysterious: the site of Prince’s legendary purple house, on Lake Riley in Chanhassen, Minnesota. Prince lived there in the first half of the 1980s, and recorded portions of Controversy, 1999, and Sign O’ the Times in the house. With 1999 celebrating its 35th anniversary today,…