Travel to Iceland Airwaves 2021 with The Current July 28, 2021 Join host Jade and other music fans for The Current's first-ever listeners' trip to Iceland this November. Together over six days, you'll experience everything the Iceland Airwaves festival has to offer. Read More ›
'Welcome 2 America': The Current celebrates Prince's new album with concert broadcast and Deluxe Edition giveaway July 26, 2021 'Welcome 2 America' will be the first all-new Prince studio album to be released since the icon's death. Enter for a chance to win a Deluxe Edition! Read More ›
Meet Huhroon, a Minneapolis poet-turned-rapper who reaches for creativity July 30, 2021 In a regular series of features, we’re inviting Minnesota artists to introduce themselves to our audience. Today: Huhroon, a Minneapolis-based rapper whose experience as a poet and singer shine in his emotive music. Check out his latest release ICEPACK. My name is Haroon Rasheed. I got started as an artist by doing slam poetry and spoken word when I was… Read More ›
Hear new songs from Prince, James Blake, Remi Wolf, Dry Cleaning, GRDN and Bleachers July 29, 2021 This week, catch a posthumous release from Prince, plus the latest from James Blake, Remi Wolf, and Jack Antonoff's own project, Bleachers. Discover Icelandic artist GRDN and hear what's new from U.K. buzz band Dry Cleaning. Read More ›
Rock and Roll Book Club: Emma Brodie's 'Songs in Ursa Major' reimagines the relationship between Joni Mitchell and James Taylor July 29, 2021 Emma Brodie's 'Songs In Ursa Major' is a breezy yet poignant novel inspired by one of music's most iconic love affairs. Read More ›
Watch LineCheck: virtual conversations with Minnesota's music community July 12, 2021 LineCheck is a series of virtual conversations with Minnesota's music community, covering topics like the Minnesota music economy, mental health care for creatives, supporting safe music spaces, and activism through music. Read More ›
The Chart Show: The Marias make their Chart Show debut July 28, 2021 The No. 1 spot of The Current's Chart Show is held down for another week by Minnesota group Kiss The Tiger. Durand Jones and the Indications as well as Garbage made big leaps, and California newcomers The Marias debut at No. 20. Read More ›
The Chart Show Hall of Fame July 28, 2021 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 ›
Lollapalooza to require vaccination card or negative test to attend the festival July 28, 2021 The four-day event starts Thursday and is expected to be back at full capacity, with roughly 100,000 daily attendees after missing last summer because of the threat of the coronavirus. Read More ›
ZZ Top bassist Dusty Hill dead at age 72 July 28, 2021 One-third of the Texas blues-rock mainstay ZZ Top has died. Dusty Hill, the band's bassist and one of its vocalists, was 72 years old, and according to his bandmates died at his home in Houston. Read More ›
LUMP perform songs from 'Animal' in virtual session July 27, 2021 LUMP--the collaborative project between Laura Marling and Tunng's Mike Lindsay--join The Current to play songs from their sophomore record, Animal. The duo catch up with The Current's Jill Riley about how they came together, the freedoms of exploring a new sound in this project, and the 8 foot tall tulle puppet Laura's been working on. Read More ›
Shungudzo plays songs from 'I'm not a mother, but I have children' in Virtual Session July 19, 2021 Shungudzo joins Mary Lucia in conversation about the ways poetry are intertwined with her songwriting, her experiences as a child moving from Zimbabwe to the US, and what she's got planned for the fall. Plus, watch performances of tracks from her new record, 'I'm not a mother, but I have children'. Read More ›
Yola plays songs from 'Stand For Myself', talks about upcoming role as Sister Rosetta Tharpe July 15, 2021 Yola plays songs from her upcoming record, 'Stand For Myself' coming out July 30 on Easy Eye Sound . Plus, she catches up with The Current's Jill Riley about playing Sister Rosetta Tharpe in the upcoming Baz Luhrmann film 'Elvis,' and how her childhood musical influences came through on the new record. Read More ›
Dylan Cartlidge plays songs from 'Hope Above Adversity,' reflects on music as an escape July 13, 2021 Dylan Cartlidge plays songs from his debut record, 'Hope Above Adversity,' in a virtual session. Plus, Dylan catches up with Mary Lucia about recording in his laundry room, and finding an escape through music. Read More ›
Alice Merton plays "Vertigo," discusses what makes a place feel like home June 29, 2021 Alice Merton joins The Current to play a few songs including her newest single "Vertigo," and catch up with Mary Lucia about overcoming her anxieties around performing, what makes a place feel like home, and her thoughts on writing about heartbreak. 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. Similarly, you can use your smart speaker to listen to Purple Current, Radio Heartland and Rock the Cradle Radio. Read More ›
Musicheads Essential Album: Prince, '1999' April 08, 2021 In 1982, Prince released the critically acclaimed double album '1999,' and it made him a superstar. Read More ›
Coffee Break: New Music Friday July 30, 2021 There's an abundance of new music that dropped today, including new albums from, Prince, Billie Eilish, Bleachers, and more. For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what New Music Friday releases do you want to hear? Read More ›
Today in Music History: Happy Birthday, Kate Bush July 30, 2021 The Troggs had a big hit with 'Wild Thing'; Andy Gibb was record-buyers' everything with a hit single; Steve Winwood rolled with a late-80s chart topper; Billy Bragg helped spread goodwill and guitars to the incarcerated; and Kate Bush 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 ›