A custom guitar played by Prince at the height of his stardom in the 1980s and 1990s has sold for a staggering $563,500 at auction.

'Black Parade,' a call to action and a salve for a wounded nation, is the latest example of Beyonce using her pop domination to put Black pride front and center.

In a new song and video, Anderson .Paak and video director Dave Meyers take a hushed look at the lives amidst the movement.

In the run-up to Juneteenth, the staff and listeners of Purple Current assembled a playlist of Prince's greatest protest songs - the music that amplifies Prince's Blackness and speaks directly to it.

In honor of Juneteenth, what freedom songs do you want to hear for today's 9:30 Coffee Break?

Dr. Keith Mayes, a professor in the department of African American and African studies at the University of Minnesota, talks with Jill Riley about the history of Juneteenth, as well as the necessity for more extensive Black history to be present in the curriculum taught in K-12 classrooms. 'We need these parallel, separate histories,' Dr. Mayes says, 'but if we really told the true story of the United States, we wouldn't even need them.'

If you have a music video you want to be featured, send it my way at fridayfive [at] mpr.org! Ashley DuBose – “Love Tingz” The latest track from former Voice contestant Ashley Dubose is a summer-ready jam with percussion made for dancing. The video for “Love Tingz” features tender romance and dance sequences in tandem…

The Current celebrates Pride weekend, June 26 to 28. Check out a schedule of special programming, and to help us craft a great playlist for the celebration, tell us what Pride Anthems you'd like to hear.

As music venues continue to fight for their survival during the coronavirus pandemic, artists are getting creative. We talk to the company behind Garth Brooks's upcoming drive-in streaming show, look at what went wrong during the U.K. 'quarantine raves,' and consider the risk Live Nation is now asking artists to assume.

The Los Angeles singer-songwriter talks about her second solo album, which includes guest appearances from peers like Conor Oberst, copying ideas from her heroes and the way lyrical specificity mimics poetry.