YouTube has become an indispensable tool for Somali artists to share their music and create an online community. To give you a sense of the music and stories that exist on London-based Somali musician Aar Maanta's channel, we put together a list of some of the singer-songwriter's videos.

The Avetts' next album, 'Closer Than Together,' is expected on Oct. 4, 2019, on Republic Records/American Recordings. In the run-up to the release, the Avetts have released a single entitled 'High Steppin'.'

Jim Jarmusch's new zombie comedy is packed with oddball celebrities, including Bill Murray, Adam Driver, Tilda Swinton, Tom Waits, Selena Gomez and Simpson himself. The new song is Simpson's first new track since his acclaimed 2016 album 'A Sailor's Guide to Earth.'

Jake Armerding is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, and his album 'The Octave' focuses on songs Jake has written using the octave violin -- which is nearly the same size as a violin, but has thicker strings and is tuned an octave below standard violin tuning. The result is a cello-like sound that complements Armerding's rich vocals.

Jade and David Safar are on their way to the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, Tenn. and Jade will be broadcasting live from the festival grounds Friday 10-2 and Saturday 12-4. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear from artists that are playing at this year's Bonnaroo?

The year 2019 has been anything but short of hot releases in the Hip-Hop and R&B world! And that's why this week's episode of The Message celebrates the best releases of 2019 thus far. Hosts Sanni Brown and Sean McPherson each shared their picks for the first half of 2019.

On Wednesday the McKnight Foundation announced the 2019 recipients of the McKnight Composers Fellowships, which awards mid-career Minnesota composers in a wide variety of genres unrestricted cash awards to advance their artistic practices. Among this year’s winners is producer/performer/composer Stefon Bionik Taylor, AKA Bionik, who has worked with local hip-hop artists and producers Lizzo, Manchita,…

Amy Klobuchar chose Dessa's "Bullpen" to accompany her snowy presidential run announcement earlier this year, and Kirsten Gillibrand chose Lizzo's "Good as Hell" to be a part of her presidential soundtrack as well.

Backstage at the Armory in Minneapolis, Jade had the chance to catch up with Vampire Weekend frontman Ezra Koenig. In the news today: White Sox take heat for celebrating 'disco demolition,' Spice Girls animated movie planned, rapper Bushwick Bill has died at 52, Radiohead dropped 18 hours of rare audio, and a 2008 fire is revealed to have destroyed priceless master recordings. Plus, this week in music history and a dive into new tunes from Iron & Wine and Calexico; Bruce Springsteen; Mattiel; and Madonna. Plus, Adele raps!

Formerly Dug Hill, St. Paul rapper Dug Dngr (pronounced 'Danger') recently released a new project, 'I'm Sorry for Calling.' Jeffrey Bissoy sat down to Dug Dngr to talk about the new release, about romance and technology in the digital age, and about why Dug Dngr is not afraid to be vulnerable.