The Chart Show: Turtles Trample All Others to Reach the Top April 25, 2018 Minnesota natives Trampled By Turtles top the chart ahead of their new album 'Life Is Good On The Open Road', out May 4. Read More ›
Meet the minds behind the Mid West Music Fest April 26, 2018 This Friday and Saturday, April 27 and 28, Winona, Minn., will be filled with bands and gigs for the ninth Mid West Music Fest. 'Winona has a really lively arts scene for how small the town is,' says Festival Director Parker Forsell. Read more about what Forsell and his colleague, Pete Engen, do for music in the Driftless Region. Read More ›
Music News: Eaux Claires festival isn't announcing lineup April 25, 2018 Today's top music news stories include Eaux Claires not announcing its lineup, Germany's ECHO Awards being called off, and Fleetwood Mac commenting on their split from Lindsey Buckingham. Read More ›
The Chart Show Ballot April 25, 2018 Vote every week for your top five tracks (and enter our weekly ticket giveaway while you're at it), then tune in Wednesday nights at 8 p.m. CT to see if your favorites make the Chart Show, hosted by Mark Wheat! Read More ›
Listen: Purple Current April 06, 2018 Purple Current is a stream of music exploring Prince's musical legacy. Read More ›
Can you identify Prince songs in the first second? Questlove can. April 25, 2018 So you’re a Prince superfan. Could you name any Prince song if you only hear the song’s first second? How about the first half-second? How about the first quarter-second? Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon couldn’t stump his bandleader, Prince obsessive Questlove, in a special “Prince Edition” of a One-Second Song Quiz that Fallon says was inspired… Read More ›
Rock the Garden tickets on sale! April 09, 2018 Get tickets to see Feist, Kamasi Washington, P.O.S, Chastity Brown, Shame, Low Cut Connie, Nikki Lane and headliner Father John Misty on June 16, 2018. Read More ›
Rock and Roll Book Club: Questlove's 'Creative Quest' April 25, 2018 Questlove's new book is designed to spark your creativity. 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 Amazon Echo January 31, 2018 You can listen to The Current on Amazon’s Voice-on-demand Echo devices, and get enhanced functionality -- song names, requests, song of the day -- with our Alexa Skill. Read More ›
Lord Huron perform in The Current studio April 24, 2018 When Lord Huron stopped at The Current, their latest album, 'Vide Noir', was but three days old. 'For once we timed it right where the record came out when we started touring,' laughs Lord Huron frontman Ben Schneider. 'It feels good, it feels like the stars are aligned.' Listen to Lord Huron's in-studio session, hosted by Sean McPherson. Read More ›
Live from the Palace Theatre: 3 concerts from The Current April 24, 2018 May 4, 5 and 6, we'll bring you three terrific concerts -- The Decemberists, Trampled by Turtles, and Dr. Dog -- directly to your eyes and ears. No travel necessary. Read More ›
Khruangbin perform in The Current studio April 23, 2018 It's easy to think Houston-based trio Khruangbin might be from Thailand. 'The first album was inspired by Thai music and our band name is Thai,' says bassist Laura Lee, 'but we pull from music from all over the world.' In town for a show at the Turf Club in St. Paul, Khruangbin stopped at The Current for a session hosted by David Safar. Read More ›
Bedouine performs in The Current studio April 23, 2018 'This was really a passion project, this record,' Bedouine says. 'I didn't really think it would see the light of day. Everything else was really unexpected.' Now with a critically acclaimed debut album and a spot opening for Waxahatchee and Hurray For The Riff Raff, Bedouine stopped at The Current studio for a session hosted by Mark Wheat. Read More ›
Calexico perform in The Current studio April 23, 2018 Writing favorably about Calexico's new album, 'The Thread That Keeps Us,' many critics have described the album as freewheeling, gritty or aggressive. 'We were just having fun, just messing around,' explains Calexico frontman Joey Burns. 'You go in [to the studio] and you want to try something new.' Hear some of those new songs and more about Calexico in an in-studio session hosted by Mary Lucia. Read More ›
Coffee Break: Rockabilly April 26, 2018 Today in 1938, rockabilly legend Duane Eddy was born, making him 80 today. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what rockabilly and rockabilly-influenced artists do you want to hear? Read More ›
Today in Music History: Happy 80th birthday to Duane Eddy April 26, 2018 Ringo made a horrible TV movie, Studio 54 opened its door, Nirvana played an important gig, country legend George Jones died in Nashville, and Duane Eddy was born, Today in Music History. 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 ›