Sobule died on Thursday morning in a house fire in the Twin Cities suburbs. The fire’s cause is still under investigation.

Link Wray was born today in 1929. We can thank Wray for the popularity of power chords and distortion pedals. (Thank you, Link Wray.) Power chords have become fundamental to rock, punk, and metal. So ...

The Black Keys now have 16 songs in the Chart Show Hall of Fame — the most by any act in Chart Show history. Waxahatche and ...

So for today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that mention flowers for May Day? Respond with your song ...

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Outkast, the Atlanta hip-hop duo that was a major force in bringing attention to Southern rap in the mid-1990s, will be ...

Log in to share your opinion with The Current and add it to your profile. Today’s Song of the Day is “New Bad” from Esther Rose’s album Want, out May 2.

Log in to share your opinion with The Current and add it to your profile. Mike Peters, front man of Welsh rockers The Alarm and a longtime cancer campaigner and ...

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