Soul Asylum - Doomsday

The young Irish songwriter with only a few demos to her name made quite the first impression at SXSW.

Who’s on the Grateful Dead tribute album produced by Aaron and Bryce Dessner of The National? Well, let’s see, there’s Bob Weir, Wilco, the Flaming Lips, Justin Vernon, Jim James, Jenny Lewis, Mumford & Sons, Tunde Adebimpe, Courtney Barnett, Stephen Malkmus…the list goes on and on. The 59-song, five-disc, six-hour album, Day of the Dead, will be released on May 20, and many of the artists will perform a set of…

Today's song of the day is "Calvander" by Mount Moriah.

In the 1940s, Las Hermanas Rangel were a popular Mexican-American music group in St. Paul’s West Side, known for their romantic ballads and fast-paced corridos. The girls started performing after a parishioner at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church heard them sing in the choir, and offered to pay for the girls’ vocal lessons, said Genevieve Rangel, 83, adding that she…

Elvis Presley bought Graceland; the Bee Gees made their U.S. television debut; Van Halen had a high-flying hit; Hozier was born; and U2 won a pivotal talent contest that propelled them further along the road to global success, Today in Music History.

Iggy Pop and Lissie make big jumps; PJ Harvey makes her debut; Alabama Shakes and Bad Bad Hats are inducted to the Hall of Fame; and Courtney Barnett shoots to the top after a week's hiatus.

On Tuesday night, Bill DeVille hosted a Time Machine all about 2005. Now take the quiz: Listen to the mashup of five songs from the show, and see if you can identify them.

When Adele saw a couple get engaged during her performance of Bob Dylan’s “To Make You Feel My Love” at her Tuesday night show in London, she interrupted the song and invited the happy pair to join her onstage for a congratulatory hug. The couple said they’ve been together for 12 years — “longer than I’ve been…

Simon and Garfunkel cleaned up at the Grammys; Elvis returned to Memphis after a 13-year absence; ABBA got inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame; Motown lost rising star Tammi Terrell far too early, and Flavor Flav was born, Today in Music History.