The Chart Show: T. Rex Is In The Basement May 27, 2020 Nick Cave waltzes onto the chart with "Cosmic Dancer" this week. Read More ›
The Chart Show Hall of Fame May 27, 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 ›
Minnesota music community mourns George Floyd, Conga Latin Bistro staffer and former Houston rapper May 27, 2020 The Minnesota music community is reeling from the death of George Floyd. Around 8 p.m. on Monday, Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on Floyd’s neck for several minutes at 38th and Chicago in South Minneapolis (for more on this, go to MPR News). In Minneapolis, Floyd was best known for working security at Conga… Read More ›
Suzi Quatro talks with Mary Lucia: 'If I want to do something, I'm going to do it' May 27, 2020 Suzi Quatro burst onto the music scene in 1973 and singlehandedly re-wrote the rulebook for women in rock and roll. In the run-up to the North American release of a documentary on Quatro's life, Quatro spoke with The Current's Mary Lucia in a wide-ranging, highly personal and deeply fascinating interview. Read More ›
Music News: An IPO in a pandemic? Streaming boom makes money...for investors May 27, 2020 A planned IPO for Warner Music is evidence of a streaming-fueled rebound for the recording industry. Meanwhile, Laura Marling's livestreams suggest that rarity, rather than ubiquity, could be the key to some artists' income right now. Also today: Black Dresses break up after online harassment, steel guitarist Bucky Baxter dies, and Billie Eilish releases film slamming body-shaming. 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 ›
Live Virtual Session: Dwynell Roland at Sounds Like Home May 27, 2020 Over the weekend of May 15-17, The Current hosted Sounds Like Home: a virtual festival of Minnesota music. Read More ›
Live Virtual Session: 26 BATS! at Sounds Like Home May 27, 2020 Over the weekend of May 15-17, The Current hosted Sounds Like Home: a virtual festival of Minnesota music. 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 ›
Live Virtual Session: Dwynell Roland at Sounds Like Home May 27, 2020 Over the weekend of May 15-17, The Current hosted Sounds Like Home: a virtual festival of Minnesota music. Read More ›
Live Virtual Session: 26 BATS! at Sounds Like Home May 27, 2020 Over the weekend of May 15-17, The Current hosted Sounds Like Home: a virtual festival of Minnesota music. Read More ›
Live Virtual Session: Nur-D at Sounds Like Home May 26, 2020 Over the weekend of May 15-17, The Current hosted Sounds Like Home: a virtual festival of Minnesota music. Read More ›
Live Virtual Session: Har Mar Superstar at Sounds Like Home May 26, 2020 Over the weekend of May 15 to 17, The Current hosted Sounds Like Home: a virtual festival of Minnesota music. Watch Har Mar Superstar's performance from that festival. Read More ›
Live Virtual Session: David Huckfelt at Sounds Like Home May 25, 2020 Over the weekend of May 15 to 17, The Current hosted Sounds Like Home: a virtual festival of Minnesota music. Watch David Huckfelt's performance from that festival. Read More ›
#Current15: The Best of The Current in a new 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. 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 ›
Prince: The Story of 1999 bonus feature: Dr. Fink, 'When Prince sang live, he was just impeccable' January 03, 2020 Matt Fink - aka Dr. Fink - was one of Prince's first keyboard players and is a member of the Revolution. In conversation with Andrea Swensson, Dr. Fink reflects on performing, recording and touring with Prince. 'He was always transforming himself into something different with every record,' Fink says. 'There was always something new and original and exploratory.' Read More ›
Coffee Break: Dreams May 27, 2020 Neurologist and sleep expert Dr. Michael Howell will call in this morning after 9 to speak with Jill about dreaming in a world crisis and how that can affect our sleep patterns. Have you had sincerely weird and disturbing dreams lately? Have you had trouble sleeping? Then this Coffee Break is for you. Read More ›
Rock and Roll Book Club: 'Bring That Beat Back: How Sampling Built Hip-Hop' May 27, 2020 Nate Patrin's 'Bring That Beat Back' chronicles the history of sampling in hip-hop...which, of course, means it's a chronicle of the history of hip-hop. 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 ›