Tuesday, April 30 marks Willie Nelson's 80th birthday, and to celebrate, we're giving away a copy of Willie Nelson and Family's just-released Let's Face the Music and Dance. Enter for your chance to win!

This week on New Hot, read about a frontman who counts David Bowie among his collaborators, a California local band gone big-time and the newest electronic buzz act from New York. These are our three recommended releases for Tuesday, April 30.

It's time for us to welcome On An On to the Minnesota music community. But they aren't total strangers: Nate Eiesland and Alissa Ricci both grew up in the state before joining forces with Ryne Estwing and several others in the popular Chicago band Scattered Trees. After the act suddenly disbanded, Eiesland, Ricci and Estwing started On An On, changed their musical direction and partly uprooted themselves back to Minneapolis.

Singer songwriters Danny Schmidt and Carrie Elkin perform together on Radio Heartland.

Country icon George Jones passed away earlier today at at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville at the age of 81, The Current has learned. The Texas native was known for his distinctive sonorous voice, and he considered by some to be the finest male singer country music ever produced.

How about a Coffee Break to celebrate the sunshine? What song with the word sunshine (or sun/sunny) in the title or lyrics should we play for today's 9:30 Coffee Break?

Stephanie Curtis reviews a silent-film retelling of the Snow White fairy tale.

  Happy Friday! Oh, how I’ve been waiting to say that and really mean it, you know? The sun is out, the temperature is rising, and I think we can safely say that the worst of this wretched, drawn-out winter season is behind us. If you’re stuck inside until the end of the workday, here…

St. Paul mayor Chris Coleman maintains a somewhat lower profile than his across-the-river counterpart R.T. Rybak, but is no less beloved by his city's denizens. Coleman is a very busy guy, but he managed to squeeze in a stop by The Current studio to chat with the Morning Show's Jill Riley and take over our airwaves to play a few songs for a special and surprising edition of Theft of the Dial.

  Now in its fourth year, Winona’s Mid West Music Fest continues to expand into new venues and pull in acts from the surrounding region to create a city-wide sampling of new music. It was only my second year attending the festival, but already the year-to-year improvements were noticeable: More of the shows were presented…