Pitchfork has tallied a new list of the best albums of the '80s. In other news: SoundCloud is launching a custom music-discovery playlist to compete with Spotify's popular Discover Weekly, a major music festival has been canceled due to Hurricane Florence, Jack White has announced a live concert film, the Misfits are teasing a reunion, and a new Nicki Minaj video casts popular rappers as puppets.

This week, Mary Lucia talks to Bill DeVille about the Americana Music Association's Festival and Conference in Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 11 to 16.

First Avenue has announced that it’s purchased the Fine Line Music Café, taking control of the downtown music club on Oct. 1. “We’re incredibly excited to add the Fine Line to the First Avenue family, and really — more importantly — to keep this local venue independently owned and operated,” said First Ave owner Dayna…

The Wailin' Jennys perform at the O'Shaughnessy Auditorium in St. Paul, Minn., on Friday, Sept. 14, as part of the Women of Substance Series. Radio Heartland is giving away two pairs of tickets to the show. Enter for your chance to win.

Here's a fun theme idea straight from the brain of one Mr. Sean McPherson -- for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that are accidentally about math?

Ahmet Ertegun began recording with Ray Charles; the Beatles needed no 'help' to the top of the album charts; the Jackson Five got their own cartoon on ABC; Peter Gabriel's 'Sledgehammer' video nailed the MTV awards; and Moby was born, Today in Music History.

Pitchfork, perhaps the most-respected critical outlet in music, has just published a new list of the 200 best albums of the 1980s. According to the publication’s editorial staff, the decade’s best album was Prince’s Purple Rain. As City Pages notes, that represents a vault upwards in status for the classic soundtrack; when Pitchfork last listed the…

This month, Dessa is preparing to release her new memoir, My Own Devices, in which she shares the very personal stories behind many of her best-known songs and offers poignant reflections on love, heartbreak, and her life on the road. In the first portion of this interview, Dessa and I discussed her long on-and-off relationship with the…

John Legend has joined the rarified EGOT club, along with Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice. Also, rapper Mac Miller has died at 26, saddening fans and peers from across the music world. In other news, Les Moonves is out at CBS; the Cardi B/Nicki Minaj beef got physical; SXSW's keynote speakers have been announced; and Paul McCartney 'surprised' Grand Central Station.

On Friday, Sept. 7, the Hip-Hop world learned that Pittsburgh rapper, Malcolm James McCormick, better known as Mac Miller, passed away at the age of 26. Contributor and longtime Mac Miller fan Jeffrey Bissoy-Mattis shares his thoughts on the loss of the rising rap star. 'Mac's death felt personal,' Bissoy-Mattis writes. 'It feels like I lost a friend.'