Today's top music news stories include the death of Rick Hall, a Spotify lawsuit, and Obama's favorite songs of 2017.

Artists heard on The Current are frequently featured on TV programs, and we've gathered the listings in one convenient place for you. See the complete listings, and find performance videos as the week progresses.

Performing a MicroShow in Minneapolis carried with it a bit of history for the legendary New Orleans jazz outfit. 'The first time that the Preservation Hall Jazz Band ever played a show outside of New Orleans was here in Minneapolis in 1963,' bandleader and bassist Ben Jaffe told the audience before the group launched into a grooving, journeying three-number set.

It's a new year, the Oake & Riley band is back together, and we want to hear a whole new set of music for today's Coffee Break. So tell us - what songs do you want to hear that allude to some sort of fresh start, or a resolution to do something or to not to something?

On a frigid New Year’s Eve, music fans braved the cold to visit Treehouse Records one last time. The closing of the Minneapolis shop has left the corner of 26th and Lyndale without a record store for the first time in more than four decades. What started out as North Country Music in 1972 became Oar…

Sid Vicious went to trial, John and Yoko's album caused some controversy, Elvis hit No. 1, Ozzy got back with his band, and Roger Miller was born, Today in Music History.

On Feb. 2, Justin Timberlake will drop a new album with a theme that seems all too apt for the location and timing of his performance at the Super Bowl two days later. Man of the Woods “is really inspired by my son, my wife, my family, but more so than any other album I’ve ever…

Welcome to the residency bonanza of January 2018! We made it to the New Year, and with its first month comes a slew of residencies: weekly shows helmed by locals including jeremy messersmith, Charlie Parr, the Cactus Blossoms, and Andrew Broder. We’ll be posting photos and a brief recap of each of the series’ first…

Today's top music news stories include the impending knighthood of Ringo Starr, a new David Bowie book club, and allegations of sexual assault against Jann Wenner.

New music is always arriving in our mailboxes, headphones, and radio rotation. As part of our Top 89 end-of-year celebration, we asked you for your favorite new names of 2017. Here are the top five.