The Hold Steady jumped up six spots this week and the new album 'Thrashing Through the Passion' is out Friday.

'I think people know if they're coming to a Tuxedo show, they're coming to dance,' says Mayer Hawthorne of Tuxedo. The same could be said of their session in The Current studio.

For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what bands do you want to hear whose band name is a lie?

This Thursday, Aug. 15, the Walker Art Center is hosting its third annual Sound for Silents: a screening of five short films, accompanied by a live score by Minneapolis funk, soul, and hip-hop collective Astralblak. The evening will begin at 7 p.m. with DJ sets from The Current’s Sanni Brown and Sean McPherson. At 8:30,…

Louie Kemp and Bob Dylan met at summer camp and forged a lifelong friendship that led to a professional partnership on the legendary Rolling Thunder Revue. In 'Dylan & Me,' Kemp tells his story.

Jerry Wexler passed away; The Beatles thought it best to say goodbye to Pete; Sonny & Cher had a hit with 'I Got You, Babe'; Michael Jackson secured the rights to the Beatles' back catalogue; Foo Fighters made their TV debut; and guitarist Slim Dunlap was born in Plainview, MN, Today in Music History.

This week, a new name was added to the constellation of legends watching over the intersection of North 1st Avenue and South 7th Street on First Avenue’s iconic exterior. The star belongs to Byron Frank: not a musician, but a man nonetheless instrumental in shifting First Avenue’s reputation 15 years ago, and a big reason…

'Blinded by the Light,' a new film inspired by the music of Bruce Springsteen, opens Friday, Aug. 16. Mary Lucia talks with a colleague who got to see an early screening of the film.

In reimagining The Highwaymen's outlaw 'Highwayman' song, the Highwomen become revolutionaries, with assistance from Yola and Sheryl Crow.

Based on a memoir by Sarfraz Manzoor and directed by Gurinder Chadha ('Bend It Like Beckham'), the new Bruce Springsteen-inspired film has a message that reaches far beyond music.