On December 10, 1973, Hilly Kristal opened the doors of legendary club and music venue CBGB in the East Village of Manhattan.

Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors' aired on NBC; Otis Redding and several members of his band died when their plane crashed ...

Enter Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary. The new HBO film looks at the breezy musical stylings of bands that ruled the airwaves of ...

Each year on December 6, a holiday called Put On Your Own Shoes Day is celebrated. While the background of the special day is ...

Lead Belly passed away, R.E.M.'s Peter Buck was born, Led Zeppelin had their first hit in the U.S., Sid Vicious lived up to ...

Catch an interview with our December artist of the month MAKR AN ERIS. The Minneapolis duo featuring Sophia Eris and Mark ...

Your Minnesota music scene family is wrapping up 2024 by vetting that holiday guest list, this week on The Message!

Coffee Break, what songs would you like to hear from an artist who launched a solo career after being in a group?

My last show was spotlighting some of the great albums and songs released in 1987. This week on the program, we check out ...

The Local Show’s Artist of the Month, MAKR AN ERIS, will perform with Beach Bunny and Bad Bad Hats for The Current’s 20th Anniversary Celebration, Night 2 at First Avenue at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Jan ...

No one performs that ramblin' folk stomper quite like Old Crow Medicine Show. So here, 20 years after the band recorded and ...

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