On Wednesday night, Bon Iver played their new song '8 (circle)' on 'The Tonight Show.'

After weeks of speculation, there’s finally an official lineup for the Prince tribute concert on Oct. 13. The one thing that everyone thought they knew for certain, though, has changed. Instead of Minneapolis’s U.S. Bank Stadium, the star-studded tribute will take place on Oct. 13 at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul. Headliners for…

Chris Thile joins Mac Wilson by phone to share the lineup of musical guests coming to the Fitzgerald Theater in October as the reminted 'A Prairie Home Companion' begins its new season. Jack White, Lake Street Dive and Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats are among the guests. 'It's an exciting time for us,' Thile says.

We are lucky to be joined in the studio today by Greg Norton, former bass player of Husker Du, currently of Porcupine. For today's Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that feature your bass heroes?

Elvis topped the chart with 'Don't Be Cruel'; the proto-Beach Boys had their first recording session; the Ford Motor Company offered eight-track players in its cars; Johnny Ramone passed away; and Johnny Cash was buried, Today in Music History.

With less than a month to go before the one official Prince tribute concert is supposed to take place at U.S. Bank Stadium, management of the event is in transition. A spokesperson for The Door, a PR and marketing agency based in New York, told MPR News via e-mail that the firm is representing the official Prince tribute…

The White Stripes are back with a bang, re-entering the chart at No. 7; there's a lot of buzz (ahem) about the new Dawes song, 'When the Tequilia Runs Out'; Drive-By Truckers are back with their most directly political album; and Eau Claire's Bon Iver hang on to that coveted No. 1 spot.

On Tuesday night, Bill DeVille hosted a Time Machine all about music from 1961. Now take the quiz: Listen to the mashup of five songs from the show, and see if you can identify them.

If you’ve been following The Current’s music news, you remember that last year Sean Lennon was sued for $10 million by the parents of Marisa Tomei — who say that a tree in Lennon’s front yard is damaging the foundation of their neighboring brownstone in the West Village neighborhood of New York City. Now, Lennon has been…

The new video for 'The Veil' pays tribute to former CIA employee and whistleblower Edward Snowden, who Gabriel says 'shocked the world' with revelations about government surveillance. Watch the video and look for a cameo by Snowden himself.