Static Jacks - Wallflowers, from the new album "In Blue."

Temps in Minnesota on Monday will reach 20 below in the Twin Cities and as low as 50 below up north. Governor Dayton has declared all Minnesota schools closed. But here at The Current, we've declared it Super Cold Monday! (It's like Super Bowl Sunday, but about 100 degrees cooler.) Check here for special programming and activities.

Less than a year after a terrifying cancer diagnosis, the soul star stages a triumphant return. Set, as always, against The Dap-Kings' characteristically springy horns, Jones growls and struts through 10 timeless songs that couldn't sound better suited to the big stage.

Sean Anonymous knows his way around the Twin Cities music community. At this point, his name is ubiquitous due to nonstop gigging and collaborations. Over the past year, you've likely caught him performing with the likes of Wide Eyes, Dimitry Killstorm, Phillip Morris, Lizzo and Rapper Hooks. But the main stage set-up you've probably witnessed him in is with improvisational rock band Dreamcrusher.

With his brother Don, Phil Everly formed an influential harmony duo that touched the hearts and sparked the imaginations of rock 'n' roll singers for decades, including the Beatles and Bob Dylan.

In the latest entry in our series of musical reminiscences, Ted Griner of South Saint Paul, Minn., shares a good memory of U2's song "Bad".

Thanks to listener Bob, in St. Paul, for today's Coffee Break theme. What songs about minerals should we play for the 9:30 Coffee Break?

David Bowie bowed out on Broadway, The Beatles made their first television appearence, and Aretha Franklin became the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Today in Music History.

In February of 2012, news of Bob “Slim” Dunlap’s stroke shocked the musical community. Dunlap, who is stable but still frequently hospitalized, according to friend Frank Randall, is the inspiration behind the ongoing Slim Town Singles project. Randall, the project’s musical director, has known Slim since the early 90s; Slim, Randall says, encouraged him as…

Everyone seems to be talking about the weather today, and like the good little Minnesotan I am, I’ve been doing the same. But maybe -15 degrees will be refreshing? Maybe it will make us appreciate these days when it’s 15 above zero even more? At least there’s no mosquitoes? And we can do that thing…