Just before playing a sold-out show at the Turf Club, Tommy Stinson stopped by The Current to play some new music (and an Arthur-Crudup-via-Elvis cover) and to talk with Jim McGuinn about his life and his bands - both his current touring band and another one you might have heard of, the Replacements.

Yoko Ono has announced plans to celebrate John Lennon‘s 75th birthday by convening the world’s largest human peace sign. Ono hopes that 6,000 to 10,000 people will join her in New York’s Central Park on Oct. 6 to arrange themselves in the form of a peace sign and set a Guinness World Record. (Rolling Stone) Patrick…

Update, September 18, 2015: A week later, Minneapolis photographer Bill Hickey shares his impressive close-up capture of Kobra’s process, and the final Dylan mural. Hickey and his team were able to cover the grand scale of the project by using time-lapse cameras that would start when motion was detected, GoPros and a camera-enabled drone. KOBRAxDYLAN…

After opening in August, the Diverse Emerging Music Organization (DEMO) Center for Music will hold its first open house on Sept. 12. Founded in 2005 by Steve McClellan, DEMO aims to help emerging independent musicians of all genres and to provide communities with “rich, multicultural experiences.” According to a DEMO blog post, the new center will host music lessons,…

For today's Sept. 11 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear by influential New York bands and artists? Send us your requests.

MPR News Cube Critic Stephanie Curtis joins Jill Riley and Sean McPherson to talk about a new horror film by M. Night Shyamalan ('Sixth Sense', 'Unbreakable', more). 'It's got scares and some laughs,' Stephanie says.

Greetings, friends! It’s Friday, which means we’ve survived a whole entire week of people talking about summer being over and how winter is upon us and we’re all about to get very, very cold. Let’s celebrate with a piping hot selection of local music videos, fresh from the oven… Eric Mayson There is so much to…

Alan Sparhawk, Mimi Parker, and Steve Garrington comprise Low, the minimalist alt-rock group that shares Northern Minnesota roots with talent such as Bob Dylan, Haley Bonar, Charlie Parr, and Trampled by Turtles. Low’s debut studio record I Could Live In Hope (1994) garnered raves from critics both locally to nationally, from publications ranging from SPIN to Le Journal de Quebec,…

Ahmet Ertegun began recording with Ray Charles; the Beatles needed no 'help' to the top of the album charts; the Jackson Five got their own cartoon on ABC; Peter Gabriel's 'Sledgehammer' video nailed the MTV awards; and songwriter, musician and DJ Moby was born in New York 50 years ago, Today in Music History.

As Summit Brewing Company celebrates 29 years in business, Summit founder Mark Stutrud joins Jill Riley and Sean McPherson in the studio to talk about the brewing industry and about the Summit Backyard Bash this weekend. 'This is the longest job I've ever had,' Stutrud says. 'It's been really terrific.'