Prince has always had a thing for numbers. To create his first recorded output in four years, Prince tapped a trio of musicians he found through social media to form his new band 3RDEYEGIRL. And after nearly two years of marathon jam sessions, rehearsals, and rounds of ping pong with his new bandmates and new producer, Prince ended up with not one, but…

On Sunday, Sept. 28, at 7:45 p.m. Central Time, The Current and NPR Music are teaming up to bring you a live video webcast of Robert Plant and his new band, The Sensational Space Shifters, in concert at the Gilman Opera House in Brooklyn, N.Y.

Saturday, Sept. 27, is Cassette Store Day, and that stokes a lot of nostalgia: What was the first cassette you remember owning? What was on the best mix tape you ever made? Do you still own any cassettes? Did you ever make a tape for a potential significant other? Share your cassette-related recollections.

This Saturday, Sept. 27, is the inaugural Cassette Store Day. It’s inspired many to think back on their many audiocassette memories. Here are ten of mine. The “Scream’r” blank cassettes. Each had a nose printed on it so that the two spools looked like eyes, which I thought was awesome. My first two pre-recorded cassettes,…

Buckle up, bbs. Fall is upon us and so is an avalanche of new releases from Minnesota artists of all genres, starting this weekend with big release shows from Toki Wright and Big Cats (who party tonight at Icehouse) and Luke Zimmerman (who releases his new one with Fathom Lane at the same venue tomorrow). As…

Local bands Carroll, Enemy Planes, and the Ocean Blue will play at the CMJ Music Marathon in New York in October. They will be joined by Strange Names, a recently-local group now based in NYC. Now in its 34th year, the CMJ Music Marathon is the world’s largest festival for emerging music. About 120,000 musicians,…

What bands with the word "bear" in their name should we play for today's 9:30 Coffee Break?

MPR's Movie Maven Stephanie Curtis joins Steve Seel and Jill Riley to talk about a new action-adventure film starring Denzel Washington.

The Queen honors The Beatles, The Go-Go's made a run at no. 1, and Fats Domino tried his hand at "Blueberry Hill" Today in Music History.

Drummer JT Bates will help kick off a new concert series, Landmark to Lowertown, over the lunch hour on Friday, Oct. 10 at Bedlam Theatre in St. Paul. He will be joined by Jeremy Ylvisaker and Jim Anton. Nicknamed L2L and sponsored by the American Composers Forum, the series was created to enrich St. Paul’s art scene…