Today's top music news stories include a report of 'damage and degradation' in Prince's Paisley Park Vault, another Super Bowl music announcement, and Bob Mould opening for Foo Fighters.

Max Grinnell -- also known as the Urbanologist -- is an expert on the relationships between culture and cities. In this interview, he sits down with writer Cecilia Johnson, explaining how and why geography has affected music coming out of Chicago.

Since Chicago is a quick drive or flight from Minnesota, it tends to be one of the first places Midwesterners look for music adventures. Cecilia Johnson got into the local scene on a recent trip, and here, she shares what she learned.

For today's Coffee Break, what indie music do you want to hear with pop sensibilities and catchy choruses?

It turns out that the Science Museum isn’t the only Minnesota connection to the latest season of Stranger Things. A song from the Minneapolis new wave band Swing Set, “Blackout,” is featured in the second episode of season two, “Trick or Treat, Freak,” and can be heard playing over the car stereo of Charlie Heaton’s…

The Rolling Stones went acoustic; Blue put out a book; and Run of Run-DMC celebrates a birthday, Today in Music History.

Today's top music news stories include the deaths of Chad Hanks and Fred Cole, a development in the Prince estate's legal dispute with Tidal, and new Breeders music.

The country-rock aria, from Brandi Carlile's forthcoming album, 'By The Way, I Forgive You,' is dedicated to the delicate boys and striving girls born into -- and, Carlile insists, destined to triumph over -- a divisive time.

Artists heard on The Current are frequently featured on TV programs, and we've gathered the listings in one convenient place for you. This week's highlights include Amy Shark, Bishop Briggs, a tribute to Sharon Jones, locals Now, Now, and Chance the Rapper hosting 'Saturday Night Live.'

Jackie Shane sings with a voice that has seen the world, judged it, found it lacking, but will humor it this one last time.