Rush's unique style of soloing and powerful tenor voice helped shape the Chicago blues sound and deeply influenced famed guitarists like Eric Clapton, Buddy Guy, Jimmy Page and Stevie Ray Vaughn.

While in Nashville just a couple weeks ago, Bill DeVille met Ashley Monroe at Black River Entertainment for a conversation about Monroe's latest album, 'Sparrow,' and about what it was like to record at RCA Studio A in Nashville with producer Dave Cobb.

The singer-songwriter guitarist was an integral part of psychedelic landmarks like 'Surrealistic Pillow.'

Today's new release roundup includes fresh tunes from beloved names including Chic, Cher, Robyn, and...yes, Lil Wayne. Also, entertainment lawyer Ken Abdo explains why artists are so excited about the Music Modernization Act.

DeM atlaS visited Oake and Riley in the studio this week to talk about his two latest projects, one of which just dropped. The young Minneapolis rapper and singer is releasing his debut album, Bad Actress, via Rhymesayers Entertainment on Oct. 19. This week he unveiled a visual EP titled Bad Loves Company, which sets video to five singles from the…

For today's Song War we put Lesley Gore's "You Don't Own Me" against Beyonce's "Who Run the World (girls)", and we realized we have to keep the female-fronted music going. For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what feminist anthems do you want to hear?

Moon Unit Zappa was born; The Beatles topped the charts with 'Hey Jude'; Bad Company hit No. 1 with their debut album; Andy Kim sang 'Rock Me Gently'; Tina Turner had a highway named for her; and Miles Davis passed away, Today in Music History.

David Huckfelt – Stranger Angels The Pines’ David Huckfelt steps out with a prowling, North Woods-colored single, “Stranger Angels.” His upcoming album of the same name is slated for February 2019, but he’ll preview it with a performance at the Parkway Theater on Nov. 16. Dizzy Fae – Baby Pillz Dizzy Fae may have just released…

Flora Cash's song, 'You're Somebody Else,' seems to have taken the world by storm, but the Stockholm-based duo comprising Shpersa Lleshaj and Cole Randall take it in stride. ' We're just doing what we always have done,' Randall says, 'but we're just busier.' Ahead of a show at the 7th Street Entry in Minneapolis, Flora Cash stopped at The Current for a session hosted by Mark Wheat.

Do people really prefer live music to sex? We dig into a new study from Live Nation, as well as ask what's happening to the market for compact discs. In other news: Ezra Koenig welcomes a new baby, an Aretha Franklin tribute is planned for the AMAs, and producer Paul Curcio has died. Also, what's going on in that viral nightclub photo of a woman grimacing as a man yells into her ear?