A playlist featuring more than 35 hours of curated holiday music is now streaming live at thecurrent.org, and on The Current’s mobile app.  Read more

The genre-spanning performance kept the Minneapolis audience on their toes all night long.  Read more

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what Motown songs do you want to hear?  Read more

Saturday night’s show in Minneapolis featured songs from the band’s latest, ‘Alpenglow,’ as well as an opening performance by Charlie Parr. Low’s Alan Sparhawk made a surprise appearance to perform “When I Go Deaf.”  Read more

After a long time away from Minnesota, Emily Haines and Jimmy Shaw of Metric return to The Current studio for a session hosted by Jill Riley.  Read more

Elvis scored his third No.1 hit; Nirvana rallied against lip-syncing; R.E.M had their first top 10 hit with "The One I Love"; and Berry Gordy was born, Today in Music History.  Read more

Listening to The Rolling Stones and Fleetwood Mac pushed the Swedish sister duo, First Aid Kit, to break from their folk comfort zone on their fifth album, Palomino.  Read more

The singer-songwriter's fifth album is an ecosystem of intimacy, in its power to redeem and to destroy.  Read more

She was behind some of the most joyful, high-energy pop anthems of the early '80s. During her career, Cara had three Top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100.  Read more

The Minnesota-based, avant-garde Pow Wow singer underlines his contempt for the grim reaper who takes his loved ones too soon.  Read more