From dubstep entrance music straight into outlaw country? Makes sense to Sturgill Simpson, who performs a high-octane, honky-tonking set at Newport Folk 2015. Listen to Simpson's full set here.

Grandiose, industrial pop scaled to match the band's all-caps name: What Mad Max: Fury Road is to the road movie, Death Magic is to synth-pop.

Right on the heels of the announcement of a concert tour in support of his forthcoming album, 'The Story of Sonny Boy Slim', Gary Clark Jr. has released the first single from the new LP, 'The Healing.' It debuted on The Current today, and you can listen (or listen again) to the new song here.

Video has emerged of Dawes frontman Taylor Goldsmith leading an all-star group of musicians in a Bob Dylan tribute jam this past Sunday at the Newport Folk Festival on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Dylan famously “going electric” at the festival. Among those joining Goldsmith were Robyn Hitchcock, Hozier, Gillian Welch, David Rawlings, and members of First Aid Kit and the Preservation…

For today's Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that mention specific dances. Send us your requests ... then be prepared to roll back the rugs and move it to the music when we play these tracks for you after 9:30.

MPR News Arts Reporter Marianne Combs joins Jade (in for Jill Riley) and Sean McPherson to talk about a number of arts events that share a water theme. 'You have boats in ballet, boats in poetry and boats in theater,' Marianne says.

The Troggs had a big hit with 'Wild Thing'; Andy Gibb was record-buyers' everything with a hit single; Steve Winwood rolled with a late-80s chart topper; Billy Bragg helped spread goodwill and guitars to the incarcerated; and Seth Avett was born in 1980 in Charlotte, N.C., Today in Music History.

Local indie-rockers Carroll premiered “Alligator,” the latest single from their self-titled debut album, last week on their label’s SoundCloud page. The moody party reflection “Alligator” comes more than a year after “Bad Water,” which the band released in May 2014. Both singles, as well as “Boxing Day,” will be on the self-titled debut, out Sept. 18 on Entertainment One Music—a…

With news confirmed that Prince has a new album coming out sometime this year, he’s just dropped a new track—on Spotify, of all places, despite having removed all his other music from the service just a month ago. Is he taking the advice of a Fox 9 digital producer to heart? Only Prince knows, but…

Tame Impala and Wolf Alice fall off the Chart; the Staves and Beck make significant moves; Django Django and the Chemical Brothers make debuts; and Father John Misty steals the No.1 spot away from Courtney Barnett.