Today's top music news stories include the death of Danny Kirwan, a special Tony for Bruce Springsteen, and a record-tying chart mark for Kanye West.

In 1968, Ron Korsh co-founded the Electric Fetus with his friend Dan Foley. The Current recently caught up with Korsh at his home in Washington, D.C. Among several interesting facts and recollections, Korsh talks about the inspiration for the name 'Electric Fetus,' about what made him leave retail for architecture, and how - coincidentally - he designed the house where drummer Bobby Z now lives.

Joe Nick Patoski, the third record buyer for the Electric Fetus, reminisces about the early days of Minneapolis's famed record store and how it propelled his writing career.

The songs are bold and whip-smart, slicing indiscriminately through subjects from ghosting to the alt-right without feeling heavy or contrived.

When indie rocker Liz Phair stopped at The Current for a Theft of the Dial, she had something special in mind. 'I picked a bunch of my favorite songs that I thought made a nice little collection,' she says, 'but then I thought, 'Why not search for remixes of those songs?'' Listen to this memorable set of remixed tunes, hosted by Liz Phair.

The Electric Fetus's five decades are filled with encounters with musical legends and fragments of Minnesota history. To celebrate the Fetus's fiftieth birthday, here are 50 Fetus Facts.

We're getting excited for Funk Fest which is happening at Sociable Cider Werks from 2-8, with live music from Nooky Jones, Astralblak fka ZULUZULUU, New Sound Underground and Alex Rossi. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what funk songs do you want to hear?

Like any other Minnesotan, I enjoy hopping a plane to somewhere warmer for a week or so in the winter, but summer is the perfect time to enjoy local offerings out on the open road. Some vacation for leisure; others for adventure. I always find myself drawn to the nightlife of my various destinations —…

Deep Purple had their gear impounded by East German police; Zeppelin had a No. 1 album; Dolly Parton's "I Will Always Love You" was at No. 1 on the U.S. country charts; and Nancy Sinatra was born, Today in Music History.

In the two years since Prince passed, one of the biggest revelations that has surfaced about his personal life is just how much money he was quietly funneling toward the causes he believed in, especially those that worked closely with marginalized youth in urban communities and provided students with access to music education. On what…