The superbly alert and flexible drummer formed a swirling current in modern jazz for more than 60 years. He was 82.

My Morning Jacket’s “Time Waited” retires to the Chart show Hall of Fame at No. 6 this week, while Alan Sparhawk's collaborative single with Trampled By Turtles holds onto the No. 1 spot.

Alan Sparhawk has joined forces with fellow Duluth band Trampled by Turtles on a new album, out May 30, called Alan Sparhawk with Trampled by Turtles. Jill Riley of The Current’s Morning Show spoke to Alan Sparhawk about the process of creating the music, friendship, and supporting loved ones while they navigate grief.

Ray Charles won a Grammy Award for Best Rhythm & Blues Recording; The Beach Boys started a two week run at No.1 on the U.S. singles chart with "Help Me Rhonda"; Elvis walked off stage; and Jeff Buckley went missing, Today in Music History.

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what duets or songs by two artists would you like to hear?

Indigenous guitarist Jesse Ed Davis played alongside iconic musicians in the 1970s and 1980s. His life, career and ancestors are remembered in a recent book by author Douglas Miller.

Gladys Knight was born; The Dark Side of the Moon eclipsed both in the U.K. and the U.S.; Depeche Mode's singer had surgery; and Ike and Tina Turner send Phil Spector into seclusion, Today in Music History.

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs from artists with shows in Minnesota this summer would you like to hear?

The English singer-songwriter stopped in Minneapolis on Saturday, May 24, on her Sovereign Soul tour. Clovers Daughter was the opening act.

Buddy Holly and the Crickets released their first record and only single to make it to No. 1; The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan is released; and Andre 3000 of Outkast and Siouxsie Sioux were born, today in music history.