The cable channel VH1 Classic will be rebranded MTV Classic, with new programming that focuses on MTV staples from the late ’90s and early 2000s. That will include music videos seen on shows like Total Request Live, as well as cult-favorite programs like Beavis and Butthead and Daria. (AP) Today’s Prince news Prince’s family have announced a date…

Ahead of the release show for their latest album, 'radiate/dissolve,' Rogue Valley stopped in to the studio to play some songs and to chat with Mary Lucia. Although 'radiate/dissolve' was three years in the making, it was nurtured during the band's time on the road. 'This record is informed by touring, by location, by where we've been,' keyboardist Linnea Mohn says.

According to the Associated Press, members of Prince’s family are planning an authorized tribute concert for Thursday, Oct. 13 at U.S. Bank Stadium — the Minnesota Vikings’ brand-new home in Minneapolis. Performers will be announced gradually, the family told the AP, and tickets will go on sale some time next month. “We are excited for…

For 15 years, the singer's sharp and reflective songwriting has examined a coming-of-age process that doesn't end when we reach adulthood.

Later today, history will be made. Glass ceilings will be shattered when Hillary Clinton accepts the presidential nomination at the Democratic National Convention. Let's celebrate this historical moment with a Coffee Break featuring female-fronted bands.

Elvis Presley's first interview appeared in print; Moscow teens were pilfering pay-phone parts to make their own electric guitars; Mick Jagger made his acting debut; Natalie Merchant sang her last gig with 10,000 Maniacs; and Jerry Lee Lewis made his TV debut on The Steve Allen Show, Today in Music History.

The Avett Brothers, War on Drugs, Catfish and the Bottlemen, Phantogram and Mumford and Sons make debuts; Courtney Barnett, Chance The Rapper and Radiohead are inducted to the Hall of Fame; and Beck wows to No.1.

On Tuesday night, Bill DeVille hosted a Time Machine all about music from 1997. Now take the quiz: Listen to the mashup of five songs from the show, and see if you can identify them.

The Minnesota Wild are considering changing their longtime goal-celebration song: “Crowd Chant” by Joe Satriani. In an e-mail to season ticket holders, the Wild ask whether the song should be changed to Prince’s “Let’s Go Crazy” — or something else. (Star Tribune) Crystal Pepsi coming back, sponsors ’90s stars in concert Crystal Pepsi, one of the most…

Darrell Scott's latest album is 'Couchville Sessions,' a collection of songs recorded in Scott's living room. Scott stopped by the Radio Heartland studio to play a few tracks from the album and to talk about how he was able to record his pal, the late Guy Clark, on one of the album tracks.