Most casual Prince fans know 'Purple Rain' was partially filmed at First Avenue. But did you know the title song is a live recording, taped at First Ave a few months before filming started? In this episode, we meet Prince and the Revolution at a benefit show for Minnesota Dance Theatre, where they debuted "Purple Rain" in support of dance and community.

This fall, we asked you to share your favorite covers, and you responded! Results for The Current's Top 89 Covers will start today at 11 a.m. and we will count all the way down to No. 1 at 6 p.m. To get us amped for the countdown, we want to take you on a slight sidestep to this topic for today's set of music. For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what originals do you want to hear that were later made famous by covers?

Don Everly had to cancel a U.K. tour; Muse took legal action against Celine Dion; Ronald Isley owed back taxes; Ringo Starr finally called a halt to fan mail; and Paul Simon was born, Today in Music History.

30 years ago today, Target Center opened its doors as a basketball arena that moonlights as one of Minnesota’s largest concert spaces. Built to be the home of the fledgling Minnesota Timberwolves and — as of 1999 — the Lynx, the 19,356-seat arena (making it, in size, slightly bigger than the Minnesota State Fair Grandstand…

Kathy Valentine met her future band, the Go-Go's, as a 21-year-old at Los Angeles nightclub Whiskey a-Go-Go. In March 2020, Valentine released her memoir, 'All I Ever Wanted,' an introspective look not only at her life in music, but her entire life up to now. 'I really was trying to tell my story, not anyone else's story,' Valentine tells Mary Lucia.

Today is Indigenous Peoples' Day, a holiday that celebrates and honors Native American peoples and commemorates their histories and cultures. In honor of this day, what musicians with native heritage would you like to hear for today's 9:30 Coffee Break?

Martie Maguire was born; Chrysler attempted putting record-players in its automobiles; the Beatles recorded the first pop song featuring sitar; Rod Stewart and the Faces played their last show; and John Denver died at age 53 near Monterey, Calif., Today in Music History.

There's a lot of emotional weight to these songs, but it's a credit to Angel Olsen that she was able to bring these feelings to life, not just once, but twice.

In the span of less than 10 minutes, the rock star's set worked in an Eddie Van Halen tribute, Beyonce, The White Stripes, a Jack White solo song and Blind Willie Johnson.

Every once in a while, the stars align, the clouds open up and casting magic is made. Such is the case with Minneapolis-based poet, songwriter, and recording artist Dua Saleh making their acting debut in the British Netflix dramedy series Sex Education. It’s a match comparable to that moment when two friends from different social…