After an eight-year break from recording, Rice gives his bold, dreamy, impeccably rendered music plenty of room to breathe and seethe over the course of more than 50 minutes.

Pillsbury House Theatre’s “Late Nite Series: Non English Speaking Spoken Here” will return on Nov. 8, 15, and 22. The annual celebration of new work, now in its 17th year, will feature a unique lineup comprising emerging artists from Minnesota and New York. The artists and performers will explore contemporary culture through music, dance, theatre, film, literary…

Can't fight the inevitable. Let's put together a playlist of "darkness" songs. What do you want to hear?

Today, Michael Rand chatted with Jill Riley and Steve Seel about the Twins new manager, Vikings beat Washington, and Rubio is staying with us.

“What a thrill to be in the physical and spiritual home of A Prairie Home Companion!” Joey Ryan, one half of L.A.’s the Milk Carton Kids, addressed a packed house at the Fitzgerald Theater on Saturday night. St. Paul marked the duo’s 13th stop on a 16-part national acoustic tour with Texan folk singer-songwriter Sarah…

Jerry Lee Lewis released a hit, rap was the top of the US singles chart for the first time, and Adam Ant celebrates a birthday Today in Music History.

On Halloween, Arcade Fire released a 24-minute horror/comedy film made during their Suburbs tour in 2011. Festi, which features guest appearances by the National and Fleet Foxes, dramatizes Win Butler‘s fear of joining “the 27 club” (in other words, turning 27, the age at which a number of prominent rockers have died). Jim Morrison, who died aged 27, appears and…

Robert Plant's new album opens your ears and your mind to musical possibilities. It's American music reinvented by 21st-century world troubadours.

Although his grandparents' love story is a story we've heard told thousands of times before, We are the Willows frontman Peter Miller has succeeded in turning their tale into an album that can only be described as epic.

Update: Prince and 3rdEyeGirl brought their A-game last night, ripping through a medley of “Clouds” (with Lianne La Havas in person), “Plectrum Electrum,” “Marz” and “Another Love” for their 8 minute mini-concert on SNL last night. Here it is in all its glory: Earlier this month, Prince announced via Twitter that he and 3RDEYEGIRL will…