Josh Ritter - Joy To You Baby, from the new album "The Beast In Its Tracks."

As recently as three years ago, fans were concerned whether we would ever see a new record from The Strokes, but the band rewarded our long wait with Angles. Fast-forward almost two years to the date and The Strokes have released their fifth studio record, Comedown Machine.

Blues Highway Revisited features music from such artists as Gary Clark Jr., Muddy Waters and Lightnin' Hopkins. Local musicians share their thoughts on the blues, and Southampton, England, band the Dodge Brothers talk about recording at Sun Studio and share two tracks off their forthcoming album -- a U.S. radio premiere.

On his third album as Telekinesis, Michael Benjamin Lerner infuses his compact, concise pop-rock nuggets with warmth and messy emotions that make them feel human.

  Happy Friday! Count down the final hours of your work-week and ease into the weekend with this fresh batch of homespun music videos. And if you’re still making plans for the weekend, consult our Local Gig List—there are CD-release shows aplenty happening tonight and tomorrow night in the Twin Cities.   Botzy Botzy, a.k.a.…

Today's 9:30 Coffee Break will help give you an idea of the type of music you'll hear this weekend at Rock the Cradle. What kid friendly songs (that don't suck) do you want to hear for the Coffee Break?

This week, MPR News Arts Reporter (and Cube Critic) Euan Kerr reviews the new film adaptation of the Jack Kerouac novel.

The Current's Morning Show invited Rock n' Jock Film Festival co-creators, Tommy Dehler and Shaun Hagglund, to stop by and chat about their upcoming film expo.

  Frankie Lee is about as Midwestern as they come. When we meet up for our interview in St. Paul’s historic Cathedral Hill neighborhood, he’s wrapped in a brightly colored plaid wool jacket, a knit cap pulled over his blonde hair and a winter beard covering half his boyish face. He speaks in the opposite…

Depeche Mode was the first alternative British band to go to number one, Loretta Lynn was hospitalized, and Carl Perkins was in a nearly fatal car accident Today in Music History.