Musicheads Essential Artist: Hüsker Dü April 09, 2020 April is Minnesota Music Month. To celebrate, each weekday this month we'll be spotlighting a different artist with special coverage on air and online. For Thursday, April 9, we're shining a light on Husker Du. Read More ›
The Chart Show: No Algorithms Here, Except At #1 April 08, 2020 After crashing in at #6 last week Childish Gambino jumps straight to the top this week with "Algorhythm". Read More ›
The Chart Show Hall of Fame April 08, 2020 When a song stays on The Chart Show's chart for more than 10 weeks, we retire it from the poll and it enters the very prestigious Chart Show Hall of Fame. Read More ›
Live Virtual Session: Valerie June April 08, 2020 In the absence of touring, The Current has launched Live Virtual Sessions, connecting you to artists where they are quarantining during the coronavirus pandemic. In this session, host Jade connects with singer-songwriter Valerie June, who is spending this time at her family home in Humboldt, Tennessee. Valerie June shares some songs and positive thoughts. Read More ›
Featured artists for Minnesota Music Month 2020 April 04, 2020 To celebrate Minnesota Music Month this April, we'll be spotlighting a series of incredible artists. Here's a schedule of which artists and when we're highlighting them this month. Read More ›
Virtual Gig List: Live streamed concerts from your favorite artists March 31, 2020 As concerts are cancelled due to social distancing to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, artists are taking to live streaming intimate performances. We've got your watchlist. Read More ›
Phone a friend: Musicians share how they're doing during coronavirus crisis March 25, 2020 For the last couple of weeks on The Current's Morning Show we've been having our musician friends call in from their homes all across the country and beyond. It's been so nice to hear their voices and get some insight into what is happening in towns across the nation and what the lives of musicians look like right now. Read More ›
A message from your friends at The Current March 20, 2020 Here at The Current, we are dedicated to bringing you closer to the music and each other. We will continue to be here for you and for the artist community that makes our corner of the globe so special. Read More ›
Sam Roberts: ‘This is a time when people need music, and therefore, musicians, more than ever’ April 08, 2020 As a part of her “Phone a Friend” series, Morning Show host Jill Riley made her first call to Canada to check in with Montreal-based singer-songwriter Sam Roberts. Roberts discussed his response to the global pandemic both as a musician and as a parent, ranging from how one should explain what’s going on to children,… Read More ›
Full Results: March Music Madness, Greatest Soundtracks March 22, 2020 All week long, vote in hourly match-ups pitting the greatest soundtracks of all-time against one another in a bracket-style competition, until we crown a winner on Friday night. Read More ›
Live Virtual Session: Valerie June April 08, 2020 In the absence of touring, The Current has launched Live Virtual Sessions, connecting you to artists where they are quarantining during the coronavirus pandemic. In this session, host Jade connects with singer-songwriter Valerie June, who is spending this time at her family home in Humboldt, Tennessee. Valerie June shares some songs and positive thoughts. Read More ›
Matt Wilson and His Orchestra perform in The Current studio April 07, 2020 After playing in various rock bands, such as Trip Shakespeare and The Twilight Hours, Matt Wilson has found his voice and built a sunshiny 'orchestra' that's "not an orchestra. More like a banjo-harp-gentle-rockin-happy machine." Read More ›
Live Virtual Session: Lissie April 01, 2020 Singer-songwriter Lissie connects with Jill Riley to perform a live virtual session, and also to talk about the ways she's staying creative and connecting with her fans during this time of quarantine. Read More ›
Nathaniel Rateliff brings his stripped-down sound and expressive lyrics to The Current studio March 12, 2020 Nathaniel Rateliff visits The Current studio to play songs from his new solo album, 'And It's Still Alright,' and to talk with host Jade. Watch video of the entire session. Read More ›
Best Coast play songs from 'Always Tomorrow' live in The Current studio March 09, 2020 After a three-year gap since their last release, Best Coast are back with a new album 'Always Tomorrow.' Frontperson Bethany Cosentino expounds on that hopeful title. ' I think the overall theme of the album is very much the idea that at times we can be our own worst enemies, and learning to get out of our way and let life happen,' she says. Listen to Best Coast's full session, recorded live in The Current studio. Read More ›
#Current15: The Best of The Current in a new app-only stream January 06, 2020 We're celebrating the 15 years The Current has been on the air, so we took your favorite songs from the past decade and a half and made them into a brand new stream, and it's only available in The Current app. Read More ›
Download The Current app January 29, 2018 Download The Current's app to hear a crisp, high-fidelity stream of our station (and our additional streams) wherever you go! Read More ›
Listen to The Current via Smart Speakers July 23, 2018 Listen to The Current on Google Home and Amazon's Echo devices, and get enhanced functionality -- song names, requests, song of the day -- with our Alexa Skill. Read More ›
Coffee Break: John Prine covers April 08, 2020 John Prine has passed away at age 73 from complications related to COVID0-19. For his birthday last October we dove into a bunch of John Prine covers for the Coffee Break, so let's revisit more today. For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what John Prine covers do you want to hear? Read More ›
Rock and Roll Book Club: 'The Ox: The Authorized Biography of the Who's John Entwistle' April 08, 2020 The Who's John Entwistle was perhaps the quintessential bassist in rock history; drawing on sources including memoir notes by 'the Ox' himself, Paul Rees has written a clear-eyed and informative biography. Read More ›
Coffee Break Suggestions and Archive November 08, 2016 Got an idea for a Coffee Break? Want to see what we did a while back? Read More ›