On his new concept album, Jon Batiste brings in a wide swath of musicians including K-pop It girls NewJeans, South African duo Native Soul, Spanish Jazz musician Rita Payes, Lil Wayne, Lana Del Rey, and even Kenny G to help investigate if music truly is the universal language.

The singer-songwriter, who popularized beach bum soft rock with the escapist song and turned that celebration of loafing into an empire of restaurants, resorts and frozen concoctions, has died.

Starting Friday at noon and continuing all weekend long, we're rockin’ three-song blocks of your favorite artists. Celebrate the final days of summer with Block Rockin’ Weekend.

Cigarettes After Sex put on an ethereal sold-out show at the Armory on Thursday night, filling the venue not only with a supportive crowd, with their chilling vocals and trance-inducing instrumentals.

Nile Rodgers & Chic and Bastille filled out the Grandstand lineup on Thursday evening.

With Eddie Vedder leading the way, Pearl Jam used this St. Paul show to openly reflect on the band’s past, the current state of the world, and pay tribute to loved ones we’ve lost.

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, which songs associated with the end of summer do you want to hear?

Ahead of The Hold Steady’s show on Saturday at the Minnesota State Fair Grandstand as part of The Current’s Music on-a-Stick, Craig Finn of The Hold Steady co-hosted an hour of music on The Current with Mac Wilson.

A new No. 1 on The Current Chart Show this week from the hard-working band from Chicago, Brigitte Calls Me Baby, and their song, “Eddie My Love.”

This week hear new music from The Killers, Landon Conrath, L'Rain, Maribou State, Gabriels and Mitski.