The No. 1 spot of The Current's Chart Show is held down for another week by Minnesota group Kiss The Tiger. Durand Jones and the Indications as well as Garbage made big leaps, and California newcomers The Marias debut at No. 20.

The four-day event starts Thursday and is expected to be back at full capacity, with roughly 100,000 daily attendees after missing last summer because of the threat of the coronavirus.

One-third of the Texas blues-rock mainstay ZZ Top has died. Dusty Hill, the band's bassist and one of its vocalists, was 72 years old, and according to his bandmates died at his home in Houston.

Mary Lucia talks about a new six-part documentary series, 'Icon: Music Through the Lens,' airing now on PBS. 'It's essentially a documentary that was made for me,' Mary says.

Skateboarding is officially part of the Olympics for the first time in Tokyo. For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what pop-punk songs do you want to hear?

If standing at the shores of Lake Superior isn’t enough to make your jaw drop, imagine a stage filled with world-class musicians and a “Water is Life” banner flapping in front of the waves. Honor the Earth, an environmental organization co-founded by Winona LaDuke and the Indigo Girls, will present a “Water is Life” benefit…

The concert is being billed by New York City government as a reopening of the city -- and most of the tickets will be free, but you can only get in if you provide proof of a COVID-19 vaccination.

Minnesota has many athletes that we can claim as our own competing in the Olympic Games, and they have started to win medals! For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what bands/musicians make you proud to be a Minnesotan?

LUMP--the collaborative project between Laura Marling and Tunng's Mike Lindsay--join The Current to play songs from their sophomore record, Animal. The duo catch up with The Current's Jill Riley about how they came together, the freedoms of exploring a new sound in this project, and the 8 foot tall tulle puppet Laura's been working on.

Keyboardist Morris Hayes, a longtime collaborator and friend of Prince, speaks with NPR's Noel King about his experience co-producing Prince's latest posthumous album, 'Welcome 2 America.'