This weekend held one of the best days of Mark Wheat's life. Headlining Rock The Garden, Bon Iver made a triumphant return to the festival and remains a strong force on the chart. HAIM sits at the top this week, with The Mountain Goats bringing up the rear.

Ahead of her show at the Palace Theatre with Social Distortion, Jade Jackson stopped into The Current's studios to perform three songs from 'Gilded.'

Today's top music news stories include Patti Smith joining U2 onstage, a final tour announcement for Daniel Johnston, and Gregg Allman's last album.

The gently rendered ballad's video finds frontman Sam Beam decorating a church and giving a eulogy for his own (unattended) funeral. 'Thomas County Law' is the second single off Iron & Wine's forthcoming album, 'Beast Epic,' releasing Aug. 25.

Minneapolis restaurant Nye’s Polonaise Room has been permanently closed since April 2016. Since May, photos of Nye’s have been on display at the Corner Store Gallery in Northeast Minneapolis. To celebrate the end of the exhibit, a closing reception will be held. The World’s Most Dangerous Polka Band, formerly the house band at Nye’s, will…

We love to hear from our listeners, and we recently got some correspondence about our use of the term "sophomore effort" when referring to a band's second album. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that are part of a band's sophomore effort?

Daniel Wolff's moving history 'Grown-Up Anger' considers the music of Bob Dylan and Woody Guthrie in the context of fights for labor rights in the 20th century.

This September, St. Paul artist Corbin will head out on a tour of the United States and Canada. Midway through the tour, he comes home to the Amsterdam Bar & Hall on Sept. 21. Formerly known as Spooky Black, the artist has been going by his first name since 2014. He rose to fame following…

Jimi Hendrix played for his hometown for the last time; The Jackson 5 got signed; Mick Jagger was born; and Mary Wells passed away, Today in Music History.

Working in and around Winona, Minn., Parker Forsell of Ocooch Mountain Music is taking a multifaceted approach to music booking, management and promotion. 'Winona has a really lively arts scene for how small the town is,' Forsell says. In just a few years, Ocooch Mountain Music has become a vital part of the music scene in southeastern Minnesota.