Following 'Do I Have To Talk You Into It' and 'Hot Thoughts', Spoon's 'Can I Sit Next To You' makes a strong debut at #8 on this week's chart.

Having released their latest album, 'Hey Muse,' the Suburbs just completed what frontman Chan Poling describes as 'a whirlwind tour of middle America,' playing shows in Milwaukee, Chicago, Kansas City and Des Moines. Now back on home turf and gearing up for their big album-release show at First Avenue on Friday, Aug. 4, the Suburbs stopped in The Current's studio for a session hosted by Mary Lucia.

Today's top music news includes two different Michael Jackson stories, and the death of a noted South African jazz musician.

Ever since Prince died, I’ve made it a mission statement to see the legends live. When Ms. Lauryn Hill came to First Avenue, I bought tickets to go with K.Raydio. Likewise, I wouldn’t have missed legend-in-the-making Beyoncé at TCF Bank Stadium last summer. So when I heard Diana Ross, 73, had booked a date at…

We're scouring the globe -- from London to Mali, Syria to L.A. -- to bring you the best new music.

Inspired by a tweet suggesting she should perform at Super Bowl LII in Minneapolis, Lizzo launched a campaign and thread on Twitter using the hashtag #WeWantLizzo. The thread is starting to get a lot of buzz amongst fans and Minnesota natives. AYE @SuperBowl !!! Let me play your LII halftime and I won't disappoint… do…

This Old Horse of Hastings, Minn., is a volunteer-based organization that provides sanctuary to retired, rescued and recovering horses. One of the ways that it achieves this goal is by using music therapy -- for which it most recently enlisted local musician AJ Scheiber.

Today in 1817, Henry David Thoreau was born - the essayist, poet, philosopher, naturalist, and historian who wrote "Walden", a reflection on simple living in natural surroundings.

In 'Roots, Radicals and Rockers,' Billy Bragg tells the story of a near-forgotten but essential musical moment: the U.K. skiffle craze.

Rolling Stones made their live debut, a Limp Bizkit got arrested in St. Paul, Soul Asylum's Dan Murphy is 54 and Zager and Evans' "In The Year 2525" hit No. 1, Today in Music History.