Celebrating their reissues and on the cusp of playing three nights of shows in the Twin Cities, the Jayhawks spent the better part of an afternoon in The Current's studio, playing songs and catching up with Mary Lucia.

On the last day of the Great Minnesota Get-Together, Haley Bonar played a few songs off her latest album, Last War, and chatted with Mark Wheat during a live broadcast from the MPR booth.

What songs from artists that have experienced security breaches should we play for today's Coffee Break?

MPR News Arts Reporter Marianne Combs joins Steve Seel and Jill Riley to talk about arts events that will take you to new mental places. For instance, would you sell your shadow?

Local indie-folk band batteryboy’s Southern Theater Sessions will return for two nights this week to the Southern Theater in Minneapolis. The Southern Theater Sessions: Act II, as these shows are being billed, will bring together a diverse array of local talent, including Alan Sparhawk’s Murder of Crows project, batteryboy (both nights), and art rock trio Alpha…

The Smiths lose a drummer, Oasis dissapoint at the MTV awards, and Easy Rider opened Today in Music History.

Andrew Richardson, guitarist for early 2000s Adeline Records signees the Crush and the sales manager for the respected guitar pedal company ZVEX Effects, passed away on Monday. He was 36 years old. “We are truly in shock,” Richardson’s wife, Marisa, wrote yesterday when confirming the news. Richardson went missing Monday morning and was found dead on Tuesday.…

Look at the images above: can you tell which ones represent the Walt Disney Company and which ones represent a world-famous EDM artist? Disney is concerned that not everyone might grasp the distinction, and it’s trying to block Deadmau5 from trademarking his “mau5head” logo in a way that will allow it to be applied to consumer…

Wholesale changes in the Chart this week. We lost Lykke Li after eight weeks, tUnE-yArDs after seven, PHOX after five, Sylvan Esso after four and Glass Animals after only one week. That also affected the gender balance and sound of the chart overall — it's become more male and ... roots-ier!?

Belle & Sebastian front man Stuart Murdoch has made his directorial debut with the film 'God Help The Girl'. The Sound Unseen Festival is presenting the movie's Midwestern premiere Thursday at a screening at the McNally Smith School of Music in St Paul. It's an appropriate site because at its heart Murdoch, said, the film is about music. MPR's Euan Kerr recently spoke to Murdoch about it.