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March 21, 2016

Jazz drummer Cory Healey brought his Beautiful Sunshine Band into the studio to perform songs from their self-titled debut.

After Hours with Cory Healey's Beautiful Sunshine Band

After Hours with Cory Healey's Beautiful Sunshine Band

Andrea Swensson • Mar 21, 2016

Jazz drummer Cory Healey brought his Beautiful Sunshine Band into the studio to perform songs from their self-titled debut.

The Thermals - Hey You

The Thermals - Hey You

Mar 21, 2016

The Thermals - "Hey You"

Music News: Morrissey biopic casts lead actor

Music News: Morrissey biopic casts lead actor

Staff • Mar 20, 2016

British actor Jack Lowden has been cast as a young Morrissey in a forthcoming biopic. The film, titled Steven (Morrissey’s first name), will focus on the Smiths frontman’s early years in Manchester, and is slated to begin filming next month. (Billboard) SXSW scare A crowd at SXSW was sent running in panic after shots were fired into the air…

First Listen: Parker Millsap, 'The Very Last Day'

First Listen: Parker Millsap, 'The Very Last Day'

Jewly Hight • Mar 20, 2016

A young Oklahoman with Pentecostal roots looks at apocalypse from surprising angles, in music ranging from rockabilly to blues. Stream Parker Millsap's upcoming album before its March 25 release date.

Prince to write memoir titled ‘The Beautiful Ones’

Prince to write memoir titled ‘The Beautiful Ones’

Jay Gabler • Mar 19, 2016

Rolling Stone is already calling it “one of the most anticipated memoirs in music history.” Prince has announced that he is writing a memoir. The book will be titled The Beautiful Ones — sharing the title of a memorable song from Purple Rain — and will be written in collaboration with Dan Piepenbring, who works as a Web…

First Listen: Margo Price, 'Midwest Farmer's Daughter'

First Listen: Margo Price, 'Midwest Farmer's Daughter'

Jewly Hight • Mar 18, 2016

Perhaps you saw Margo Price perform at the Fine Line for United States of Americana's sixth birthday party in November 2015. Price's debut solo record, born of both heartache and imagination, is saturated with sounds of '60s and '70s Nashville.

The Current's March Music Madness 2016

The Current's March Music Madness 2016

Mar 18, 2016

For the third year in a row, we're going to pit band vs. band; artist vs. artist in the musical slug-fest known as The Current's March Music Madness!

The Current's Rock and Roll Book Club: Peter Guralnick's Sam Phillips story

The Current's Rock and Roll Book Club: Peter Guralnick's Sam Phillips story

David Safar • Mar 18, 2016

Peter Guralnick's new book takes a detailed look at the story of one of the most important behind-the-scenes forces in rock history: Sun Records founder Sam Phillips.

Watch CHVRCHES, Lucius, Jack Garratt and more live from SXSW

Watch CHVRCHES, Lucius, Jack Garratt and more live from SXSW

Mar 18, 2016

VuHaus is providing a live video feed of our annual SXSW day stage concert.

Friday Five: Dusty Heart, Mason Jennings, and more new Minnesota music videos

Friday Five: Dusty Heart, Mason Jennings, and more new Minnesota music videos

Jay Gabler • Mar 18, 2016

Dusty Heart: “The Skipper and His Wife” Dusty Heart is the duo of Barbara Jean and Molly Dean. Presumably “Jean and Dean” was just too cute a name even for this enormously appealing duo, who hopped in a Lutsen ski gondola for this cover of Spider John Koerner’s “The Skipper and His Wife.” If you…

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