Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp, and Dave Matthews will welcome an all-star lineup to Farm Aid’s 30th anniversary concert on Sept. 19 in Chicago. Among the other big names: Imagine Dragons, Jack Johnson, Old Crow Medicine Show, and Mavis Staples. (Billboard) On Sunday, police in Renville County, Minnesota, arrested Puddle of Mudd singer Wes Scantlin after he forced them to give chase at speeds…

Como Dockside, the new restaurant and venue on Lake Como in St. Paul, will host a revamped Music and Movies in the Park series through August. The Como Park pavilion’s new business is kicking off the free Friday evening series August 7 with a performance by soul groovers Southside Desire and a screening of Bill…

If the Newport Folk crowd was scandalized by Bob Dylan going electric in 1965, they would've hated Courtney Barnett's grungy, hard-rocking performance 50 years later.

New Order have announced the first single release from their forthcoming album, 'Music Complete', which will be out on Sept. 25. Listen to the new single, 'Restless', out today.

As law grads in Minnesota and across the U.S. prepare for their bar exams today and tomorrow, listener (and recent law grad) Matt suggests a legal-themed Coffee Break. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that mention some aspect of the legal system? Send us your requests.

Homeless & Big Cats: Polar Bear Rug Local producer Big Cats works with a menagerie of local talent—most notably rappers Toki Wright and Guante—and this summer he’s teaming up with poet, writer, and rapper Ryan Kopperud, whose moniker is “Homeless,” for their debut collaboration together, The Polar Bear Rug EP. If you spoke as loudly…

When Doomtree proclaimed last fall that their 10th annual multi-night Blowout at First Avenue would be their “Last Blowout Ever,” many wondered what the powerhouse hip-hop crew would conjure up next. It turns out we didn’t have to wait very long to find out: Today, the seven-piece group announced the Doomtree Zoo, an outdoor festival…

Elvis Presley's first interview appeared in print; Moscow teens were pilfering pay-phone parts to make their own electric guitars; Mick Jagger made his acting debut; Natalie Merchant sang her last gig with 10,000 Maniacs; and singer-songwriter Jonathan Edwards was born in Aitkin, Minn., Today in Music History.

Even when playing to a crowd of thousands at the Newport Folk Festival, the Tallest Man on Earth formed an intense, intimate connection with his audience.

Venture capitalist Roger McNamee probably thought he was being clever when he and bandmate Jason Crosby decided to call their classic rock cover band the Doobie Decibel System. However, the Doobie Brothers are unamused and have sued the Doobie Decibel System for “willful intent to trade on” their “fame and reputation, or to cause confusion, or to cause mistake,…