The recent two-Grammy winner took instant control of the stage and audience at Northrop in Minneapolis on Monday night, guiding an evening of music with the confidence, warmth and ability of the seasoned showman he is. 'This is a great city to play rock 'n' roll,' Isbell told the Twin Cities audience.

This year’s Record Store Day ambassadors will be Metallica. The band have released a video in which all four members describe their love of vinyl, and they plan to take the occasion — April 16 — to release a new live album. Recorded at Le Bataclan in Paris on 2003, the album will benefit the Give For France…

Singer, songwriter and pianist Ben Folds performs three songs from his new album and two old favorites while on a visit to NPR's Tiny Desk. Watch video of the performance.

Sea levels rose faster in the past century than during the previous 27 centuries. In case Minnesota turns into a straight up beach, let's listen to songs that reference about beaches and beachy things.

This week, John Moe stopped by The Current's Morning Show to talk to Jade and Sean McPherson about what's actually going on with Apple and the FBI, and "Damn, Daniel" which has 230,000 retweets on Twitter.

Elvis and Priscilla call it quits; Fleetwood Mac win Album of the Year for 'Rumours'; Santana brings home a bundle of Grammys; and Queen nab their first U.S. No. 1 single with 'Crazy Little Thing Called Love,' Today in Music History.

Sleep Signals, Transitions A rising band on the Minneapolis metal and hard rock scene, Sleep Signals (not to be confused with Sleep Study) take a turn towards accessibility on their new EP Transitions — a follow-up to last year’s album Open Your Eyes. The band’s anthemic new material is perfect to play in your car real loud, or, of course, to…

Anticipating the release of their new album Above the Prairie, the Pines stopped by The Current to perform live in-studio and to chat with host Andrea Swensson of The Local Show.

David Bowie‘s album Blackstar is the inspiration and soundtrack for an upcoming “InstaMiniSeries” of 16 episodes that will begin Thursday on Instagram. The series, which will star Tavi Gevinson and Patricia Clarkson, was approved by Bowie in concept, though it’s unclear whether he saw the finished product before his Jan. 10 death. (Rolling Stone) "UNBOUND: A ★ InstaMiniSeries”…

Jason Isbell, former member of the Drive-By Truckers, is playing Northrop Auditorium tonight. But he's not the only great artist to have ventured out on his own after a period of time in a band. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear from artists that have gone solo?