The Great American Songbook is the umbrella term for the most significant and timeless popular works from the 1920s through the '50s, and a case can be made that Ella Fitzgerald left the most indelible stamp on those classics. Read more about Fitzgerald, whom The Current's listeners selected as one the honorees for Black History Month.

The video for "Upside Down & Inside Out" shows what the band can do in little to no gravity.

Embracing a range of folk-infused influences, New Zealand singer-songwriter Marlon Williams' self-titled solo debut is likely to earn fans the world over. Stream Williams' forthcoming album in its entirety before its Feb. 19 release date.

Bon Iver is “no longer winding down” as a project, said Justin Vernon as the lineup for this year’s Eaux Claires Music & Arts Festival was announced — featuring, as it did last year, Bon Iver. “You know, we’re not just gonna play the same set we did last year,” Vernon told Billboard. Don’t camp out at…

Craig Minowa has long imagined film versions of Cloud Cult's albums. Good things come to those who wait: For 'The Seeker' -- the band's tenth full-length release -- a film starring Josh Radnor and Alex McKenna accompanies it. With the album set to release on Feb. 12, Minowa spoke about the marriage of music and visuals on 'The Seeker.'

Mayor Coleman is joining The Morning Show today to talk about the Year of Music - a year-long celebration of music in St. Paul. For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what bands do you want to hear that will be performing in St. Paul in 2016?

The renovations are underway for St. Paul's Palace Theater, and to help kick-off the St. Paul "Sounds Perfect" year in music celebration, we invited Jeremy Messersmith to test out the acoustics.

MPR News Arts Reporter Marianne Combs joins Jade and Sean McPherson to talk about 'Sinew: Female Native Artists of the Twin Cities', 'The Arsonists' from Frank Theatre and the Saint Paul Ballet at the Cowles.

The Beatles recorded 10 new songs for their first album, plus four other tracks which would be the next two singles; Whitney Houston was found dead at the Beverly Hilton Hotel; and David Bowie released "Sound and Vision", Today in Music History.

Nathaniel Rateliff is back on the chart; Ray LaMontagne and Josh Ritter make debuts; Cloud Cult are inducted to the Hall of Fame; Lizzo bounces back; and Jason Isbell shoots to the top.