Our sister station, MPR News, is presenting the inaugural Top Coast Festival this weekend, where big ideas meet new solutions. Among the keynote speakers is Russell Simmons, a master entrepreneur and visionary.

As students graduate and the school year comes to a close, it's worth asking: what if most of our assumptions about "higher education" are wrong? Our notions of who needs higher education, what types of skills are needed, and how this learning should be provided are becoming outdated. In the midst of this unprecedented change, are students truly being prepared for what Minnesota needs in the future?

Let's put together a list of songs with parentheses in the title. What do you want to hear?

MPR News Arts Reporter Marianne Combs joins Steve Seel and Jill Riley to talk about arts events that all happen to be taking place in St. Paul this weekend.

The Stones had the no. 1 album and single, Diana Ross had her fourth hit, and Jeff Buckley died Today in Music History.

The return to the stage of Steve Perry—frontman of Journey during the band’s years as 80s rock gods—would have been headline-worthy under any circumstances, given that Perry hadn’t given a public performance in two decades. The manner in which it happened, though, has made Perry’s re-emergence a topic of water-cooler conversation all week. The story…

St. Vincent returns to the top this week to end her stay on the Chart with her second induction to the Chart Show Hall of Fame ("Cruel" off Strange Mercy was inducted in 2012) along with another debutante Haley Bonar. After two inductions last week and the Strypes and Lana Del Rey falling off the Chart, we had room for four new entries.

Today on The Current's Morning Show, Jill and Steve announced that Bob Mould would be on the bill for this year's MN Music on a Stick lineup at the State Fair Grandstand happening Saturday, Aug. 30. Stream his new album Beauty & Ruin (Merge) now.

Leading into their CD-release party and a multi-week, multi-city tour in support of their new album, 'Witness', the Falderals visit the Radio Heartland studios for a session hosted by Mike Pengra.

Henry's new album examines the complexities of commitment, coupling gloom with streaming daylight and gilding his saddest observations with joy and awe.