The Grammys dominated music headlines all weekend long, with the televised portion of the awards show stretching out over three-and-a-half hours long on Sunday night. And with only nine of the 83 awards actually handed out during the televised ceremony, the producers opted to cram in a whopping 23 performances by artists that spanned generations…

Bob Dylan accepted the annual MusiCares Person of the Year award on Friday night with a long speech that started with an acknowledgement of John Hammond—the legendary A&R man who signed Dylan to Columbia Records—and went on to thank many of the artists who helped popularize Dylan’s work, including Peter, Paul & Mary, Jimi Hendrix, and Joan Baez. Dylan also…

This February, The Current is celebrating Black History Month by celebrating four artists chosen by our listeners: Al Green, Nina Simone, Tina Turner, and John Coltrane. We’ll be playing their music on the radio, and we’re asking local artists to share their thoughts on these great African-American musicians. Today, Sonny Knight writes about Al Green.…

Jack White has taken umbrage at The Oklahoma Daily‘s decision to publish the tour rider corresponding to his Monday night show at the University of Oklahoma. William Morris Endeavor Entertainment, the booking agency responsible for booking White and other acts, has notified the university that it will no longer book any artists at university-affiliated venues because,…

We’re going to keep things cruising along at a steady clip in this week’s Friday Five—with the short teaser videos and other goodies I’ve rounded up, you should be able to breeze through all five updates in a little over five minutes. Ready, set, let’s go! Cloud Cult Cloud Cult are hard at work on a new…

I can vividly recall the night I sped down Highway 61, blaring “The Great Gig in the Sky,” belting along with Clare Torry in an at-times-quivering falsetto, and thinking about the hometown I was soon to leave behind. With an impending transition to college life in the Twin Cities, I reflected on my time spent…

In a recent interview with Jordan Klepper of The Daily Show, Jack White was asked when he realized that he’d “made it.” White’s response? He hadn’t yet. “When I have coffee with ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic one day,” said White, “that’s when I’ll know. People say ‘I know I’ve made it when “Weird Al” covers your song.’…

Gary Glitter, born Paul Gadd, has been convicted in London of several sex offenses against very young girls in the 1970s. Though Glitter’s 1972 song “Rock and Roll (Part II)” has remained popular as a jock jam, repeated revelations of sex crimes and child pornography have effectively ended his career as an active artist. The sentence for…

Cloud Cult recently shared a glimpse into the recording studio, performing a new track titled “Every Thing.” The video was filmed at the band’s Earthology Records in western Wisconsin and gives us a sneak peek at what the group have been working on. There has been no concrete information regarding a new Cloud Cult album following…

Minneapolis hip-hop label Rhymesayers Entertainment has entered the boom box market – and, simultaneously, the phone case market. iPhone case maker PERI has successfully held an Indiegogo campaign to attach high-definition speakers to your phone. As a part of the campaign, Rhymesayers created a special edition skin for their fans. The campaign, which ends tomorrow, reached its fundraising goal of…