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.

Sometimes called the father of freak-folk, the 83-year-old singer-songwriter lived, worked and died on his own terms.

Elton John partnered with Brandi Carlile for a new album of duets, Who Believes in Angels? But the project almost fell apart during its first recording sessions.

Jason Isbell sings about his split from musician Amanda Shires on his latest album Foxes in the Snow. "What I was attempting to do is document a very specific time where I was going through a lot of changes," he says.

Val Kilmer died from pneumonia. He had recovered after a 2014 throat cancer diagnosis that required two tracheotomies.

Alan Sparhawk, Sunny War, Phil Cook, Rufus Wainwright, Beth Gibbons and Wilco’s Nels Cline were among the performers at this four-day festival in Knoxville, Tennessee.