Like a punk-poet beacon shining a bright light for all of us on this particularly kinetic International Women’s Day, Patti Smith spoke, sung, spat, screamed, swore, swooned, and swayed through two hours of fiery performance that kept the Northrop Auditorium in a nearly continuous state of standing ovation. For a show that began with the…

Patti Smith joined host Mark Wheat for an in-depth interview ahead of her gig at Northrop where she and her band will perform the iconic album 'Horses' in its entirety.

Jade digs into Lorde's fantastic new single, "Green Light," plus a new track from alt-J that features Ellie Roswell of Wolf Alice and a new sound from Portugal. The Man this week on What's New on The Current.

As I took my headphones off at the end of 'Horses,' I wondered what all the fuss was about. But then I listened again, this time with more curiosity. It began to grow on me. I picked up a copy of 'Just Kids' and listened to a couple of interviews where she talked about her process. My god, Patti Smith is art!

Laura Marling's sixth studio album, 'Semper Femina,' releases Friday, March 10. In an interview with New Hot host David Safar, Marling spoke about her songwriting as well as gender and gender roles, and creativity and symbolism, and how all those things coalesced on the new release.

Enter for a chance to win an $89.30 Electric Fetus shopping spree with country music singer-songwriter Nikki Lane!

Alina Simone's 'Madonnaland: And Other Detours into Fame and Fandom' is an energetic book about the musical heroes of Bay City, Mich.

It’s International Women’s Day and the artist formerly known as Haley Bonar is celebrating with a name change. From now on, she will be known simply as HALEY. The artist announced her decision through a post on Facebook today, revealing that not only will her stage name be changing, but her legal one as well. In…

Sometimes, your favorites get to work together. Case in point: Dessa and the team behind Hamilton, the musical that’s made theater a current event. Dessa is a rapper who brings poetry to everything she does; Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda is a playwright, actor, and professional nerd. When Miranda started putting together companion project The Hamilton Mixtape,…

The Small Faces broke up, Micky Dolenz was born, David Bowie made his TV debut, and Diana Ross emerged as a live act for the first time, Today in Music History.