Dwynell Roland stopped by the Local Show to perform music from Young Roland.

Macalester College alumnus Will Sheff is frontman of the band Okkervil River. Ahead of their show at the Turf Club in St. Paul, Sheff and company stopped at The Current for a session hosted by Mary Lucia.

Today's top music news stories include an exclusive Eddie Vedder single for Cubs ticket-buyers, the death of Lorraine Gordon, and French protests against a Muslim rapper.

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When you think of Prince and Minnesota, the cities of Minneapolis and Chanhassen probably spring to mind, but the small town of Henderson (pop. 900) also occupies a crucial niche in purple lore. Henderson, an hour’s drive southwest of First Avenue, is the site where Prince and Apollonia filmed their iconic outdoor romp for Purple Rain.…

For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear from band names that rhyme? We'll give you an example: Tears for Fears.

Hank Williams made his Grand Ole Opry debut; Joe Strummer and Topper Headon faced charges of stealing a pillowcase; the Sex Pistols dissed HRH on her Silver Jubilee; and David Bowie's 'Space Oddity' blasted off, Today in Music History.

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.