Voters rallied around Minnesotan-made music this week with three local acts debuting on the chart.

Today's top music news stories include Keith Richards apologizing to Mick Jagger, Spotify going public, and Barbra Streisand cloning her dogs.

Join host Toki Wright on Wednesdays at 10 p.m. for 'Wright About Now,' a new weekly show that focuses on hip hop: the people and music that influenced the culture, plus the styles, sounds and stories that have come from that root. 'Wright About Now' will also include exclusive interviews and offer the inside scoop on events and world premieres from independent artists.

Toki Wright's hour long hip hop show "Wright About Now" debuts tonight on The Current at 10 pm. Yesterday we explored hip hop and R&B songs that have sampled, borrowed or been inspired by older songs, and we are expanding into Day 2 of this topic. So for today's Coffee Break, what other songs do you want to hear that have been sampled by, or have inspired hip hop and R&B songs?

As Pink Floyd's 'Dark Side of the Moon' turns 45, we take a look at a mammoth tome detailing every album track in the band's catalog.

This Friday, March 2, Moby releases his latest album, 'Everything Was Beautiful, And Nothing Hurt.' In the run-up to the album's release, Moby spoke to Oake & Riley about what influenced the album and its themes, which emerge from Moby's reflections on 'who we are as a species.' Listen to the complete interview.

Thin Lizzy's guitarist collapsed; Ray Charles was attacked by a member of his audience; "Brimful of Asha" was No. 1 in the U.K.; 'Bridge Over Troubled Water' hit the top of the charts, and 'Jagged Little Pill' won Album of the Year Today in Music History.

“We sell a ton of Surly, so I think it’s going to be pretty popular,” First Avenue’s typically understated general manager Nate Kranz tells the Star Tribune about +1 Golden Ale, a new beer being brewed by Surly and featuring the imprimatur of the legendary Minneapolis rock club. “The key to +1 is balance and…

If you’ve ever listened to a track and thought, “I’d crush this beat,” this is for you. Same goes for “This could use more bass,” “You know what’d slap? My favorite percussion sample pack plus these rhymes,” and even, “What if you just looped accordion under Sims?” Shredders (Paper Tiger, Lazerbeak, P.O.S, and Sims) have…

Today's top music news stories include a second annual Prince Night at Target Field; a new line of vinyl audiobooks; and a tourlong Metallica ticket.