PhotosPhotos: Big Ears Festival features eclectic lineup Apr 1, 2025Alan Sparhawk, Sunny War, Phil Cook, Rufus Wainwright, Beth Gibbons and Wilco’s Nels Cline were among the performers at this four-day festival in Knoxville, Tennessee.
PhotosPhotos: Rochester Thaw 2025 packs Med City with live music Rosei Skipper • Mar 25, 2025On March 22, 30 acts playing across six venues in the heart of downtown Rochester, Minnesota, made for an action-packed Saturday filled with live music.
ReviewsStuart Murdoch delivers a sunny portrait of the artist as a young manLuke Taylor • Mar 24, 2025The Belle & Sebastian frontman has gifted fans with a delightful semi-autobiographical tale of a young musician’s artistic awakening.
News and InterviewsJapanese Breakfast's Michelle Zauner embraces melancholy in new albumLindsay Totty • Mar 21, 2025With a new album, Michelle Zauner tells NPR she is finally finding balance between all the things she yearns for: her career goals, a connection to family and a connection to her ancestral home of Korea.
In MemoriamJesse Colin Young, singer of The Youngbloods' 'Get Together,' dies at 83Annie Zaleski • Mar 18, 2025Prolific musician Jesse Colin Young, best known for being the voice of the '60s folk-rock anthem "Get Together," died on Sunday at age 83.
News and InterviewsHow the pandemic changed musicIsabella Gomez Sarmiento, Hazel Cills, Ann Powers, Sidney Madden and Lars Gotrich • Mar 15, 2025In some ways, COVID shrank the distance between musicians and listeners. But then, it also threw nearly everything about the industry into disarray, and for many, things have never been the same.
ReadCan a deluxe album ever improve on the original?Sheldon Pearce • Mar 13, 2025Streaming has turned the once-rare deluxe edition into a given for pop albums. Many feel clunky or inessential — but a few artists have found ways to take the format high-concept.
News and InterviewsInterview: Bebe Stockwell shares how Bob Dylan inspired "Minor Inconveniences"Jill Riley and Nilufer Arsala • Mar 12, 2025The 23-year-old singer, songwriter and performer is brand new to the music scene and creating quite a buzz. Born in Boston and now based in Los Angeles, Bebe Stockwell was recently named one of BMI’s artists on the rise.
The Current Guitar CollectionThe Current's Guitar Collection: David Rawlings, 1935 Epiphone OlympicLuke Taylor, Evan Clark and Josh Sauvageau • Mar 10, 2025Singer-songwriter David Rawlings talks about a guitar he found in a friend’s basement and located an incredibly rare item to trade for it.
In MemoriamD'Wayne Wiggins, founding member of the R&B group Tony! Toni! Tone!, has died at 64The Associated Press • Mar 8, 2025Wiggins died Friday morning after battling bladder cancer for over the past year, according to a statement released by his family on social media.