Kiss the Tiger and Lighter Co. also performed on Friday, April 25, at Amsterdam Bar & Hall in St. Paul.

The 27th Annual Homegrown Music Festival runs from April 27 to May 4 in Duluth and Superior, Wisconsin. More than 170 acts are scheduled to perform in 38 venues, which are broken down into neighborhood clusters each night for maximum listening adventures.

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs that mention dogs would you like to hear?

The seven acts voted into the Rock Hall this year include Southern rap and Midwest garage rock duos, pillars of the grunge and English blues rock eras and the '80s most unusual pop star.

Three members of Franz Ferdinand — Alex Kapranos, Rob Hardy and Julian Corrie — visited The Current to play songs and to chat with host Mac Wilson.

On the release of her second full-length album, Samia visited The Current to play four songs from the record.

For musicians like Rhiannon Giddens and Rissi Palmer, trying to break down doors in the folk and country music scenes has been a long road. A festival in Durham this weekend aims to remedy that.

Our Classic Americana pick this week features Willie Nelson’s version of a song he wrote that became a massive hit for Patsy Cline.

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs to cheer on the Minnesota Timberwolves would you like to hear?

Formed in 1975, Pere Ubu embodied the industrial decay and hardscrabble ethics of Cleveland. Thomas tied together the band's sound with uncompromising vocals that exuded steely menace and unfettered anguish.