The Current's beloved annual compilation returns for a 15th year featuring performances from Jenny Lewis, Brandi Carlile, 26 BATS!, and more.

Ed Ackerson, the prolific and iconoclastic rocker whose Flowers Studio was a go-to hub for generations of Minnesota artists, died yesterday after being diagnosed with stage four pancreatic cancer. His wife, Ashley Ackerson, wrote, “He was peaceful and at home with his family and friends. He left this world smiling.” She continued, “Ed never looked…

Gaelynn Lea – “The Long Way Around” Gaelynn Lea unveils a soothing video for “The Long Way Around,” a 2019 single about “the relationships that take work but are worth it in the end.” It features a bit of synth flavor from Jason McGlone as well as several strains of guitar from Alan Sparhawk, Charlie…

When she was growing up, Reina del Cid didn’t anticipate a musical career. Now, she’s releasing her third full-length album before embarking on cross-state adventure with Caravan du Nord, the annual showcase that brings top regional acts to towns across Greater Minnesota. “I was picturing myself kind of going into English and being a professor…

No matter what happens tonight and tomorrow in New York, the Yankees will come to Target Field to face the Minnesota Twins on Monday, Oct. 7 as part of the teams’ best-of-five American League division series. That night, Duluth’s Trampled By Turtles will help the home stand get off to a good start by singing…

The Minnesota Twins will play the New York Yankees tonight in game one of the best of five playoff series at Yankee Stadium. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear to help root on the Twins?

Friends and peers from the Minnesota music community have launched an Ed Ackerson Family Fund after the Minneapolis singer-songwriter-producer shared the news that he has been diagnosed with stage four pancreatic cancer. Update 10/5: We are saddened to acknowledge that Ed Ackerson died on Friday, Oct. 4. “Ed would never ask for help in this way, so…

Pressing play on Big Thief’s third studio album U.F.O.F. (short for “Unidentified Flying Object Friend”) when it was released in May to immense critical acclaim felt like stepping outside during spring’s tender awakening; from the hopeful uncertainty of “Cattails” to the final release of “Jenni,” when a grungy bass line rips through to an ending…

There were few empty seats at the Xcel Energy Center last night. The arena was packed full of millennials sporting the Northern uniform of warm-toned flannels and denim, eager to see Wisconsin’s Bon Iver. The band’s frontman, Justin Vernon, looked a bit more casual, wearing headphones and a bandana tied tightly around his forehead. In…

When Natalie Schepman first tried the Rockbridge guitar, she was struck by its 'warm and silky' sound. But Schepman describes even more detail about this guitar, and what it represents to her and to the rest of the members of Joseph - and to their extended family.