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February 05, 2018

Today's top music news stories include the death of drummer Ndugu Chancler; and St. Paul show announcements by Paul Simon and Justin Timberlake.

Music News: Ndugu Chancler, 'Billie Jean' drummer, dies at 65

Music News: Ndugu Chancler, 'Billie Jean' drummer, dies at 65

Jay Gabler • Feb 5, 2018

Today's top music news stories include the death of drummer Ndugu Chancler; and St. Paul show announcements by Paul Simon and Justin Timberlake.

Find music on TV this week: Noel Gallagher, Alice Merton, Dan Auerbach

Find music on TV this week: Noel Gallagher, Alice Merton, Dan Auerbach

Luke Taylor • Feb 5, 2018

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. Among this week's highlights is Alice Merton's U.S. television debut.

Tune-Yards perform a #MicroShow at the Turf Club

Tune-Yards perform a #MicroShow at the Turf Club

Feb 5, 2018

On Jan. 16, a select group of The Current's listeners were treated to a #MicroShow with Tune-Yards, who performed at the Turf Club (capacity 350) in St. Paul. The set list includes five songs from Tune-Yards' latest album, 'I Can Feel You Creep Into My Private Life,' plus a favorite off 2014's 'Nikki Nack.'

Critics slam Justin Timberlake’s ‘flat,’ ‘bleak,’ ‘meh’ Super Bowl halftime show

Critics slam Justin Timberlake’s ‘flat,’ ‘bleak,’ ‘meh’ Super Bowl halftime show

Hanna Bubser • Feb 5, 2018

There is no debate over the fact that the Philadelphia Eagles won Super Bowl LII last night. The results of Justin Timberlake’s halftime performance, however, are not as cut and dry. This morning, the reviews started pouring in. Responses ranged from strongly negative to “just kind of meh.” No one really loved even the Prince…

Coffee Break: So long, farewell

Coffee Break: So long, farewell

Anna Reed • Feb 5, 2018

The party is over and thousands of people are headed home after yesterday's Big Game. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that say goodbye?

Prince to receive honorary doctorate from University of Minnesota

Prince to receive honorary doctorate from University of Minnesota

Jay Gabler • Feb 5, 2018

This April, Prince will receive an honorary doctorate from the University of Minnesota — an honor that was being planned prior to his tragically premature death on April 21, 2016. The posthumous presentation will take place in conjunction with “Prince from Minneapolis,” a symposium taking place at the university from April 16-18. The symposium announced…

Today in Music History: Toto's "Africa" goes No. 1

Today in Music History: Toto's "Africa" goes No. 1

Feb 5, 2018

Black Sabbath began recording 'Master of Reality'; Paul Simon released his first new song without Art Garfunkel, 'Mother and Child Reunion'; The Rolling Stones performed the halftime show of Super Bowl XL in Detroit; and Toto's "Africa" went No. 1, Today in Music History.

Jimmy Fallon’s live taping of ‘The Tonight Show’ was a love letter to Minneapolis

Jimmy Fallon’s live taping of ‘The Tonight Show’ was a love letter to Minneapolis

Andrea Swensson • Feb 5, 2018

The Orpheum Theater has rarely shined so brightly as it did on Sunday night. The theater was completely transformed for a live taping of The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, which aired following the Super Bowl, and as the 2,500 lucky ticket winners filed into the performance space on Sunday evening and made their way to their…

How’d that giant Prince symbol appear over U.S. Bank Stadium during the Super Bowl? Digital trickery.

How’d that giant Prince symbol appear over U.S. Bank Stadium during the Super Bowl? Digital trickery.

Jay Gabler • Feb 5, 2018

A lot of people were fooled — including plenty of locals. After Justin Timberlake duetted with a virtual Prince during last night’s Super Bowl halftime show, an overhead shot of U.S. Bank Stadium seemed to show purple lights blinking on all around the stadium, culminating in a giant Love Symbol ringing the stadium. Was it…

Miles Davis: Miles Ahead

Miles Davis: Miles Ahead

Lou Papineau • Feb 5, 2018

In a career that spanned nearly five decades (with more than 50 studio albums and dozens of live sets and compilations), the brash and irascible trumpeter was always blazing trails and wielding his fiercely creative influence in the jazz world and beyond.

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