The Eaux Claires Music and Arts Festival, a new outdoor event dreamed up by Justin Vernon and organized by the production team behind the independent-minded Boston Calling festival, passed through its final round of permit approvals tonight and is officially slated to take place in Eau Claire on July 17 and 18, 2015. The Bon Iver frontman tapped Crashline Productions to…

Young recorded all of Storytone's 10 songs with either a 92-piece orchestra or an elaborate big band, but wisely includes beautifully stripped-down acoustic versions, too.

When Dennis Warner was in college, he studied music and philosophy. He neatly combined those two fields of study into a career as a singer-songwriter. Warner stopped by the Radio Heartland studio for a performance and a visit with Mike Pengra.

With Halloween approaching, we thought this would make for a fun 9:30 Coffee Break. What songs with creepy or spooky qualities would you like to hear today?

Chris Koza: In Real Time Rouge Valley’s Chris Koza has a new album. In Real Time reaches into the past trying to grasp onto something human. On the track “Radio Wave,” for example Koza’s struggle to accept technology’s grasp on the world makes for a compelling theme over rhythmic instrumentation that captures the feeling of…

Today John Moe chatted with The Morning Show's Jill Riley and Steve Seel about problems for Apple Pay, and a new Marcel the Shell video.

Bill Berry quit R.E.M., Elvis went on TV, and The Sex Pistols introduced themselves Today in Music History.

For the third time in four years, Kenny Chesney will be making an appearance at Target Field. The 13-time chart-topping country singer’s “Big Revival Tour” will merge with Jason Aldean’s “Burn it Down Tour,” with a Target Field show on Saturday, July 18, 2015. Ticket info and complete artist lineup will be announced at a later…

One of my earliest memories is so vivid that I can close my eyes right now and picture it: I’m sitting on the brown shag carpet-covered steps that led down into the living room of my childhood home and wiping dried tears from the corners of my eyes while my dad plays the song “You…

As digital download sales plummet—along with sales of physical music formats, excluding vinyl—Apple is focusing on streaming as the future of its music services. According to the Wall Street Journal, Apple will re-launch Beats Music (which it now owns) next year as a part of iTunes rather than a standalone service. On the one-year anniversary…