We may, one day, look back on these as halcyon days in Minneapolis music: days when, for the price of a Jenny Lewis ticket, you could get a complete album performance, a Staves guest appearance, the Cactus Blossoms doing Ben Gibbard doing Roy Orbison, and a Conor Oberst/Har Mar Superstar soul kiss. A day after Frankie Lee…

The Pretenders have announced their first all-new studio album since 2008. 'Alone' was recorded with Dan Auerbach - who, like Chrissie Hynde, hails originally from Akron, Ohio.

If you’ve always dreamed of working at Paisley Park, you might just get your chance: the former studio and home of Prince is opening jobs for staff members to help shepherd the public tours that begin Oct. 6. There will be a job fair at Chanhassen Dinner Theatres this coming Thursday and Friday. “Positions include general…

The Current's program director Jim McGuinn shares a few updates for on-air programming.

The singer-songwriter mixes up a playlist filled with smooth sounds by the likes of Candi Staton, Marvin Gaye, and more, for an end of summer celebration.

Many children will be returning to school today in Minnesota. Let's get them started off on the right track with a Coffee Break. What 'back to school' songs do you want to hear?

Last night, a caravan of special guests — including Jenny Lewis and Conor Oberst — performed surprise sets at the Clown Lounge (in the basement of St. Paul’s Turf Club). Frankie Lee & Friends headlined the literally underground show; the bill’s “& Friends” turned out to include Lewis, the Watson Twins, Oberst, Har Mar Superstar, the Cactus Blossoms, the Pines, and more. Last…

Eric Clapton helped out The Beatles, James Brown retired, Fleetwood Mac hit to the top of the charts for the first time, and Joan Jett sang an important anthem, Today in Music History.

Enter for a chance to win tickets to a one-night-only screening of Nick Cave's 'One More Time with Feeling,' a new film featuring music off the Bad Seeds' forthcoming album 'Skeleton Tree.'

Asteroid 17473, which orbits the sun in the belt between Mars and Jupiter, has been named for Freddie Mercury on what would have been the late Queen frontman’s 70th birthday. “It’s just a dot of light,” said bandmate Brian May, “but it’s a very special dot of light and maybe one day we’ll get there.” (Rolling Stone) Remembering two…