After making a huge splash on Spotify, Los Angeles band Mt. Joy seamlessly made the leap from studio band to touring outfit. 'I think we just got really lucky to have a good group of people,' says Mt. Joy co-founder Matt Quinn. Mt. Joy recently visited The Current for a session hosted by Sean McPherson.

Inspired by her recent move to Nashville, Caitlin Canty's new album 'Motel Bouquet' was written to post snapshots of life in transition - and of looking forward to the future. Canty, along with pedal steel player Eric Heywood, stopped at Radio Heartland to play some songs from her new album.

Rosanne Cash was born today in 1955, making her 63 today. She a Grammy award-winning singer/songwriter, and is the eldest daughter of Johnny Cash and Vivian Liberto Cash Distin, Johnny Cash's first wife.

BJ Burton likes to keep a low profile. He mentioned this several times while chatting over coffee on Wednesday, a sheepish grin creeping across his face as he squinted into the morning sun. That low profile is probably why, even after several years of co-writing, producing, engineering and mixing critically acclaimed albums by Bon Iver,…

Tina Halladay and I crouched in a basement hallway at the Fine Line Music Café, talk-yelling over the throbbing riffs of the hardcore/metal crossover band Red Death, who were playing upstairs on a lineup with Halladay’s band Sheer Mag. The sound of Halladay’s Philadelphia band is hard to place, and yet familiar at the same…

Jazz great Duke Ellington passed away, Freddie Mercury was honored, and Rosanne Cash and Bob Dylan were born, Today in Music History.

The Beatles' 'Yellow Submarine' is being turned into a graphic novel; Pandora is launching personalized playlists; Ariana Grande releases a statement on her split from Mac Miller; and more.

New debuts from Margo Price, Courtney Barnett, Trampled By Turtles, and Childish Gambino stirred things up on the chart this week.

Robert Moog, inventor of the Moog synthesizer, was born today in 1934. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs that feature the synthesizer would you like to hear?

As Stevie Nicks turns 70, her reputation as one of rock's true visionaries continues to rise. A recent biography provides a sympathetic, competent overview of her life and career.