Chris Eldridge - also known as Critter to his friends and fans - is an exceptional guitarist with bluegrass in his pedigree and his own long musical career. In addition to his work with Punch Brothers and his guitar duo with Julian Lage, he regularly joins the band on Live from Here, playing acoustic and electric guitar and singing backup on everything from bluegrass standards to covers of The Strokes.

This week on the The Chart Show, FIVE new entries to The Chart Show Hall of Fame, including Childish Gambino's stunning 'This is America.'

Today's top music news stories include Target apologizing for imitating CBGB, this year's Kennedy Center honorees, and the Bluegrass Hall of Fame class of 2018.

You may have heard some new voices on The Current and on Purple Current lately. That's because The Current has recently welcomed two new hosts: Sanni Brown and Eric Malmberg. Learn more about the newest members of The Current team.

The Lowland Lakers are set to release their second full-length album, 'Lost in the Move,' this week. The members of the trio trade lead-singing duties, and their harmonies are lush and beautiful -- even though the subject matter of the songs can be a little on the sad side. The Lowland Lakers visited the Radio Heartland studio to play some songs from the new album.

Chance the Rapper's new song "Work Out" says "For every single ex I want the best / I really wish you nothing but success". For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that reference an ex-boyfriend or ex-girlfriend?

The former Monkee's 'autobiographical riff' is precisely that. Reader beware.

Beastie Boys released 'Paul's Boutique'; Thurston Moore was born; Bob Dylan disappointed fans by plugging in; The Beatles recorded the first take of a George Harrison tune; and Neil Young joins Crosby, Stills and Nash, Today in Music History.

Today's top music news stories include Cage the Elephant selling their future royalties, Demi Lovato being hospitalized after an overdose, and Brian Wilson reuniting with Mike Love.

Our friends at NPR Music have asserted there's a genre called rosewave; what is it? Is it latter-day 'yacht rock'? Is it just easygoing music without hard guitars? Mary Lucia and The Current's Jesse Wiza talk about this genre and some artists' songs that seem to fit well.