The commemorative street sign was unveiled on Tuesday at the corner of First Avenue and Seventh Street. A crowd decked out in purple pride gathered at noon to celebrate the Minnesota legend just a week after a roughly 100-foot mural unveiling of Prince occurred down the street. 

Dave Smith, a pioneer of the synthesizer, revolutionized pop music in the 1980s. David Bowie and Madonna are among the legions who used his Prophet 5 synthesizer. Smith died last week at age 72.

New music from Dark Bunny, Ka Lia Universe, Jonatha Brooke, and more.

Here is a list of Minneapolis and St. Paul patios featuring frequent, and often free, live music this summer.

A reclamation and a passing of the torch, "Spitting Off The Edge of the World" captures a spark and stretches it into oblivion.

Kate Bush's song Running Up That Hill peaked at No. 30 on the Billboard Hot 100 four decades ago. This week it became her first-ever U.S. Top 10 hit.

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break: What songs do you want to hear that are products of Prince’s side projects and protégés?

Radiohead's guitarist played too hard; The Who opened their rock opera; Bret Michaels had a run-in with his set; we remember Prince on an important occasion; and The Sex Pistols mock the Queen, Today in Music History.

Gaelynn Lea shares her journey from performing at the Tiny Desk to scoring a Broadway show.

As we're nearing the halfway mark of 2022, we're putting together the 50 best songs of the year so far. Follow along the entire week of June 6 as we reveal 10 tracks each day.