Bob Dylan went to the circus, sort of, to promote his new whiskey line. Also in today's news: Prince's Paisley Park is partnering with Minneapolis Public Schools to launch an arts education program, Marvin Gaye's getting a stamp, Dr. John learns what his real birthday is, 'Man Who Fell to Earth' director Nicolas Roeg dies, and a recap of Thanksgiving parade music news.

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One of the Twin Cities’ longest-running jazz series will be discontinued at the end of this year. In a Facebook post published over the Thanksgiving weekend, drummer JT Bates announced the end of his series, JT’s Jazz Implosion. Held every Monday night at Icehouse in Minneapolis, the series has been working to grow the experimental…

It's Cyber Monday - one of the biggest shopping days of the year, with sales totaling $6.59 billion last year. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear about computers, the internet, being online, etc.?

Johnny Cash had his first hit, Miles David got married, and The Sex Pistols caused some anarchy Today in Music History.

Muse is a band of a bygone era. They go into the best studios on the planet and create highly saturated and sophisticated records using the studio itself as an instrument.

Last year, Red Wing opened the doors of its theaters, bookstores, and wine shops for the first year of Big Turn Music Fest. Today, Big Turn announced its headliners for the 2019 festival, which will take place Feb. 22 and 23. Over 100 bands will perform over the festival’s two days. Similar to last year,…

Twin Cities illustrator Corey Sweeter shares his annual music-themed coloring page.

A safe and peaceful Thanksgiving to you all, especially our members AND The voters on our Chart Show, who participate in making us a home for great radio!

When the Beatles' albums were reissued on CD in 2009, The Current staff reviewed each of their albums. Mac Wilson was asked to review their self-titled album, commonly known as 'the White Album.' On the 50th anniversary of the release of the White Album, we're republishing Mac's thoughts from 2009 -- along with some new thoughts from Mac in 2018.