Our new #1 this week, Hozier, is seemingly set to be the biggest breakout star of the year. Like Lorde last year, he's "crossing over," meaning he's won over fans across a multiple range of platforms and tastes.

From Sept. 17 to 21, The Current's Bill DeVille was in Nashville, Tenn., attending the 2014 Americana Music Festival and Conference. Get a sense of the experience through this collection of Bill's Tweets and Facebook posts.

Mike Pengra has been trying for years to get his and Slaid Cleaves' schedules to line up so Cleaves could stop into the Radio Heartland studio for an interview. This week, the stars finally aligned.

By strange coincidence, a guitar make that we hadn't covered before was mentioned by two different guitar players within one week: Anthony LaMarca of The War on Drugs and singer-songwriter Justin Townes Earle both describe their acoustic guitars built by San Francisco-based The Loar.

It’s October—better known to Minnesota music fans as “Rocktober.” More acts seem to play local music venues during this month than any other: the summer festival season is ending, and fall tours are ramping up. A lot of Minnesotans also believe touring acts try to avoid the Gopher State during our notoriously frigid winters, so they…

What songs with a musical instrument in the title should we play for today's 9:30 Coffee Break?

The Morning Show's Jill Riley and Steve Seel hung out with The Growler's Joe Alton and spoke about The Pretty Big Deal issue and recently opened breweries.

Pink Floyd arrived in the US, Curtis Mayfield went solo, and Radiohead went online.

Every night is a little emotional when you’re the mystical gods and goddesses of pop rock, but Tuesday evening at Target Center in Minneapolis, the members of Fleetwood Mac were feeling particularly soft and fuzzy—towards their fans, and especially towards Christine McVie, the songwriter/vocalist/keyboardist who rejoined the band for the first time on stage since…

Tunde Adebimpe of TV On The Radio says he was “blindingly nervous” to ask Paul Reubens—the comedian best known for his character Pee-Wee Herman—to star in a racing-themed video for the band’s new single “Happy Idiot.” Reubens was down, and the video is now streaming on Funny or Die. TV On The Radio’s new album Seeds will…