The Great American Songbook is the umbrella term for the most significant and timeless popular works from the 1920s through the '50s, and a case can be made that Ella Fitzgerald left the most indelible stamp on those classics. Read more about Fitzgerald, whom The Current's listeners selected as one the honorees for Black History Month.

The video for "Upside Down & Inside Out" shows what the band can do in little to no gravity.

Embracing a range of folk-infused influences, New Zealand singer-songwriter Marlon Williams' self-titled solo debut is likely to earn fans the world over. Stream Williams' forthcoming album in its entirety before its Feb. 19 release date.

The renovations are underway for St. Paul's Palace Theater, and to help kick-off the St. Paul "Sounds Perfect" year in music celebration, we invited Jeremy Messersmith to test out the acoustics.

On Tuesday night, Bill DeVille hosted a Time Machine all about 1996. Now take the quiz: Listen to the mashup of five songs from the show, and see if you can identify them.

The Houston band's sound is steeped in what it calls "Gulf Coast Soul," but it also channels ska, Southern hip-hop, classic soul, rock 'n' roll and especially reggae.

The singer-songwriter's new double-length set is a remarkable distillation of her writerly gifts. Stream the album in its entirety ahead of its Feb. 5 release date.

The soundtrack to a new documentary inventories the periphery of the late singer's catalog: unheard early recordings, instrumentals, collaborations, live appearances and other illuminating footnotes.

The singer, who just released her third solo album called "New View," delivers an adorably punny joke before spinning a few choice tunes for your next pizza jamboree.

The Philly psych-rock band revisits some of its earliest material, now fully fleshed out. Loopy, charming idiosyncrasy abounds.