Ryan Adams tops the Chart on the back of being our Album of the Week. Jim McGuinn suggests in his review of the self-titled album that Ryan has a deep connection with another recently re-energized rocker, Tom Petty.

Celebrating its tenth anniversary as a music festival in Winona, Boats and Bluegrass promises a jam-packed weekend full of bluegrass and folk music, as well as outdoor activities from Sept. 25-28. Held on two stages at the Prairie Island Campground on the Mississippi River, music will begin on Thursday evening at 4:30, with the night…

When you're 21 years old, as Mikaiah Lei of the Bots is, a guitar built in 1993 qualifies as vintage. Mikaiah loves guitars; he's got a shedload of them, many of which are in for maintenance right now. But he shares their stories and also talks about his road-ready effects board.

Together, Daniel Paul Davis and Christopher Nelson, collectively known as Judah, are working to help put Minnesota on the dance-music map. “We don’t want it to be a flyover state,” said Davis. They’ve won thumbs-up from the likes of London Grammar for their remixes—but as they’ve learned, the life of a remix artist is complicated. Davis…

Sherwin Linton made his first guitar out of a yardstick and a cigar box. In 1965, he graduated to building his own double neck guitar out of a Fender Jazzmaster. After 59 years of performing, the precision remains: Linton has never missed a show.  He holds a Ripley’s Believe It Or Not World Record for…

What songs make you feel cozy in the Autumn season? We'll play some of your suggestions for today's 9:30 Coffee Break.

Today on The Morning Show's Eating and Drinking, James Norton chatted with Steve Seel and Jill Riley about some local Italian eateries.

Between their two-night stand in the First Avenue mainroom, the War on Drugs stopped by Minnesota Public Radio to chat with Jill Riley of the Morning Show and to perform tracks live in The Current's studio, including songs off their latest album, Lost in the Dream, and a fantastic Bob Dylan cover.

James Brown was arrested, The Beatles went to the top, and Nirvana put out Nevermind Today in Music History.

“All you need is love,” reads the Beatles lyric painted on the exterior wall of the Midwest Music Museum, but it looks like more will be required: an eviction summons is currently posted to the exterior door of what was planned to be the new 400 Bar at the Mall of America. According to the Star Tribune,…