Prince is kicking off his “Hit & Run” tour in Louisville, Kentucky on Saturday, and while no further stops have yet been announced, he and his band 3RDEYEGIRL are showing Louisville a lot of love. They’ve added two Sunday shows to the originally announced pair of Saturday shows, for a total of four shows this weekend. They also gave a…

As the popular selfie stick is getting banned from a growing list of museums and cultural venues around the world, we're wondering what songs you'd like to hear with 'me' or 'I' in the title. Tell us your requests.

MPR News Arts Reporter Marianne Combs joins Steve Seel and Jill Riley to talk about arts happenings that allow us to enjoy life as spring is beginning in Minnesota.

One of the biggest curveballs in this year’s Rock the Garden lineup was the announcement of St. Paul’s futuristic-R&B quartet thestand4rd, who will kick off the festival on Saturday, June 20 at the Walker Art Center. If you said Who? or simply want to know more about this skyrocketing group, here are four quick facts about…

For local music fans of a certain age, it may be hard to believe that it was nearly 45 years ago that First Avenue welcomed Joe Cocker to the stage of the former bus depot that was appropriately known as “the Depot” to inaugurate a second life for what would become one of the most…

Paul married Linda; the U.S. charts got Rick-rolled for realsies; Ace of Base saw the sign; a poll named the song of the 20th century; James Taylor celebrates a birthday; and the Sex Pistols got into a fight that negated their record contract, Today in Music History.

Former Rock the Garden headliner jumps to #1 as this year's lineup is announced; five acts are inducted to the Chart Show Hall of Fame including Belle and Sebastian and Modest Mouse, who will headline this year's festival on Saturday and Sunday, respectively.

En route to SXSW and touring in support of their forthcoming full-length debut My Love Is Cool, London's Wolf Alice stopped by The Current studio to chat with host Mark Wheat and to perform tracks live in The Current studio.

Singer and guitarist Isaac Brock opens up about 'Strangers to Ourselves,' the group's first album in eight years -- and what he's learned in the meantime about being in bands.

Courtney Barnett, set to release her much-anticipated new album Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit on March 24—and play Rock the Garden on June 20—previewed several songs from the album at a show in her home town of Melbourne, Australia. See video at Pitchfork. The trailer for Montage of Heck, the first authorized Kurt Cobain documentary,…