The 27th Annual Homegrown Music Festival, the biggest week-long music event in Minnesota launches Sunday in Duluth. Learn more here about Willem Dafoe Fan Club, the Langertsons, and Peat Boggs.

On Thursday, April 10, Carbon Sound and The Current presented papa mbye and friends at Amsterdam Bar & Hall in St. Paul as part of Minnesota Music Month.

Singer-songwriter Kris Delmhorst talks about a guitar she saw in a shop in Colorado and knew it was the guitar for her.

Jillian Lauren suffered a non-life-threatening injury this week when police shot her in her yard after they say she pointed a gun at them. Details about the incident in Los Angeles are still emerging.

Rosa Garcia took over the store formerly known as Wizard Wax in November. Learn more about the inventory and their future plans in this Q&A

We sifted through this year’s list of Record Store Day releases to find 15 vinyl treasures to watch for — including a stellar batch of Minnesota-related releases.

There are 25 new additions to the Library of Congress collection. They include albums by Elton John, Miles Davis, Amy Winehouse, and the original cast recording of Hamilton.

Pert Near Sandstone have had a hand in the Blue Ox Music Festival for 11 years, and Lenz and Bruhn were happy to come by to talk about the festival lineup as well as the broader experience.

Twenty years ago, Martha Wainwright released her stunning debut album Martha Wainwright, and on May 23 it will be released on vinyl for the first time.

Room3 and Yonder, the top vote-getters in this year’s Minnesota Music Month Scouting Report, performed as part of a live recording of The Local Show in the UBS Forum in St. Paul.