Listen to huge drops this week from Lizzo (feat. Cardi B), The Killers (feat. Phoebe Bridgers), Nathaniel Rateliff (back with the Night Sweats) and Lorde. Plus, discover England's PinkPantheress and Twin Cities buzz band VIAL.

Today is John Deacon's birthday, one of the great bass players of our time. For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what great bass lines do you want to hear?

In her new history of Daptone Records, Jessica Lipsky explains how the label she describes as 'punk soul' became the center of a movement that brought vintage sounds to newfound prominence across the musical landscape.

The producer, who died this month at 53, crafted career-defining records by Mary J. Blige, Faith Evans and The Notorious B.I.G., armed with a desire to understand his artists as people first.

Water Is Life, the festival held at Bayfront Festival Park in Duluth by Honor the Earth (Winona LaDuke’s arts-associated advocacy group), was about more than music. Ten hours of music; Anishinaabe traditional ceremony; teaching; passionate statements from Native artists and non-Native allies; and performance marked the day. The 5,000 participants danced, sweated in the 90-degree…

This week sees a few new additions to the Current's Chart Show with Chicano Batman, Faye Webster, and H.E.R all making the cut.

Unlike TV's Partridges, however, it wasn't all happy bus trips, witty comebacks and canned laughter for the Cowsills. In addition to a toxic father figure, 'there's tragedy upon tragedy upon tragedy,' Mary says.

As the new voice of the show, Miller will offer The Current's listeners a regular lineup of the best in Minnesota's vibrant local music scene.

Today is National Bad Poetry Day, and sometimes song lyrics can be like poetry. For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what good songs with bad lyrics do you want to hear?

"It's good to be playing music again," said Jason Singer of Detroit's Michigander, who took the stage at Icehouse in Minneapolis with a seven-song #MicroShow set from across their discography, including tracks from their latest release, 'Everything Will Be OK Eventually'.