With their new show set to debut on Monday, March 7, Brian Oake and Jill Riley, together with producer Anna Reed, give us a hint of what we can expect when the new show begins.

Kaleo frontman JJ Julius Son has long been inspired by the sound of vintage blues music, so ever since the band relocated to the U.S. from its native Iceland, JJ has been on the lookout for vintage resonator guitars. When he spied a 1935 National Guitar at a vintage shop in Nashville, JJ couldn't resist. Read more about the first resonator guitar to become part of The Current's Guitar Collection.

Is Prince's notoriously antagonistic stance toward the posting of his music on the Internet an exception to the rules of the modern music industry or an example to musicians of the future?

When Minnesotans read that Justin Bieber was planning to buy a house on Lake Minnetonka, they flipped out. “I love the idea of having a house on a lake and the scenery at Lake Minnetonka is just so beautiful,” the pop star was quoted as saying, in an article that was widely shared by locals who…

Watch the Cactus Blossoms -- Minneapolis' Jack Torrey and Page Burkum -- performing a song while at the 30A Songwriters Festival in Florida.

In honor of both International Women's Day and in memory of Smith singer Gayle McCormick, let's listen to bands with great frontwomen for today's 9:30 Coffee Break.

Tim Houlihan: Another Orion A Minneapolis musician who grew up in St. Louis, Tim Houlihan is releasing his sixth self-produced album this Sunday at Icehouse. Another Orion is a crisp slice of roots rock that writer G.W. Hill aptly describes as “a classy set.” Houlihan will be joined on Sunday by Katy Vernon, who’s wrapping up what she…

Diana Ross emerged as a live act for the first time, The Small Faces broke up, Micky Dolenz was born, and David Bowie made his TV debut, Today in Music History.

In light of the release of her new album The Natural Minor, Molly Dean stopped by The Current to perform live in-studio and to chat with host Andrea Swensson of The Local Show.

On Friday night, Prince played the second arena show in his solo “Piano & a Microphone” concert series, enthralling the Oracle Arena in Oakland. As Zack Ruskin reports in Consequence of Sound, Prince walked a purple carpet to get to his circular platform in the center of the arena — and then rode a lighted bicycle to leave.…