Nick Cave waltzes onto the chart with "Cosmic Dancer" this week.

Suzi Quatro burst onto the music scene in 1973 and singlehandedly re-wrote the rulebook for women in rock and roll. In the run-up to the North American release of a documentary on Quatro's life, Quatro spoke with The Current's Mary Lucia in a wide-ranging, highly personal and deeply fascinating interview.

A planned IPO for Warner Music is evidence of a streaming-fueled rebound for the recording industry. Meanwhile, Laura Marling's livestreams suggest that rarity, rather than ubiquity, could be the key to some artists' income right now. Also today: Black Dresses break up after online harassment, steel guitarist Bucky Baxter dies, and Billie Eilish releases film slamming body-shaming.

Over the weekend of May 15-17, The Current hosted Sounds Like Home: a virtual festival of Minnesota music.

Over the weekend of May 15-17, The Current hosted Sounds Like Home: a virtual festival of Minnesota music.

The Minnesota music community is reeling from the death of George Floyd. Around 8 p.m. on Monday, Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on Floyd’s neck for several minutes at 38th and Chicago in South Minneapolis (for more on this, go to MPR News). In Minneapolis, Floyd was best known for working security at Conga…

The third single to arrive in anticipation of Bright Eyes' first record in nearly a decade, 'One and Done' is a picture-postcard from the crumbling Anthropocene.

Neurologist and sleep expert Dr. Michael Howell will call in this morning after 9 to speak with Jill about dreaming in a world crisis and how that can affect our sleep patterns. Have you had sincerely weird and disturbing dreams lately? Have you had trouble sleeping? Then this Coffee Break is for you.

Nate Patrin's 'Bring That Beat Back' chronicles the history of sampling in hip-hop...which, of course, means it's a chronicle of the history of hip-hop.

Buddy Holly and the Crickets released their first record and only single to make it to No. 1; The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan is released; and Andre 3000 of Outkast and Siouxsie Sioux were born, Today in Music History.