Kaleo's name is Hawaiian, the band members are Icelandic, they recorded their EP in London and their home is now Austin, Texas. 'It was a logical decision to move to the U.S.,' says frontman JJ Julius Son. 'It made sense.' Now on tour, Kaleo stopped at The Current to play songs and to talk to Mark Wheat before their show at the Triple Rock Social Club in Minneapolis.

Newly unearthed from early in Buckley's career, these 1993 demos find the late singer covering Bob Dylan, Sly Stone, The Smiths, Led Zeppelin and more.

Since we're all counting down the days until warmer temperatures arrive, The Current wanted to give you another reason to help you through the bitter cold: Rock the Cradle returns Sunday, March 6! Register your party for Rock the Cradle 2016.

The BBC called Garratt the 'Sound Of The Year' for 2016. He's come a long way from placing last in the Junior Eurovision song contest.

Relatives of the late music icon Nina Simone are deeply upset over the casting of actress Zoe Saldana as Simone in the forthcoming biopic Nina. A first trailer has been released for the film, which opens on April 22, and many fans were taken aback to see that makeup was applied to darken the skin of Saldana (a black…

Long before he was Cloud Cult's frontman, Craig Minowa was committed to environmentalism. That spirit continues to define Cloud Cult -- permeating their music and inspiring fans.

Over at the Morning Show we are getting ready to send Sean and Jade into their new time slots and wake Oake and Riley at the crack o' dawn starting Monday, so for today's 9:30 Coffee Break let's focus on songs that feature notable transitions.

MPR News Arts Reporter Marianne Combs joins Jade and Sean McPherson to talk about a range of arts happenings, including a print-and-painting exhibition that looks at race identity; a play that follows the lives of two North Korean sisters, one of whom chooses to emigrate to the U.S.; and a Minnesota spoof of 'The Avengers'.

Buffalo Springfield formed; the Animals angered some fans in Canada's capital city; the Foo Fighters made their debut; U2 got a street named after them in NY - albeit temporarily; and Harry Nilsson earned a Gold record Today in Music History.

Wednesday night at the Turf Club, Poliça opened a three-night series of shows celebrating the Friday release of their third album, United Crushers. Their set consisted almost exclusively of songs from the new album, making full use of the venue’s relatively new sound system. (Standing near the side of the stage, with his friend Har Mar Superstar,…