Friday Five: TU Dance & Bon Iver, Sims x Air Credits x Icetep, and more new Minnesota music videos July 20, 2018 Bon Iver & TU Dance – “SDIAH” from Come Through Remember that dance/original music piece commissioned by the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra? It’s by Bon Iver and TU Dance; it’s called Come Through; and it debuted at the Palace Theater in April this year. Now, you can watch a few excerpts (this one, plus two others)… Read More ›
Watch Prince and the NPG at the Opening Ceremony for the 1991 Special Olympics International Games July 20, 2018 Watch Prince and the New Power Generation kick off the Special Olympics on July 20, 1991 from the field at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. Read More ›
Music News: Green Day's 'American Idiot' shoots up U.K. charts amid protests July 20, 2018 Today's top music news stories include Green Day's 'American Idiot' returning to charts, Spotify's attempts to open its playlisting, and a new David Bowie box set announcement. Read More ›
What are Prince's best vocal performances? July 19, 2018 What is Prince's best vocal performance and why? Tell us your favorites and we'll spin them back on July 27 at noon. Read More ›
ABBA: a Swedish perspective July 16, 2018 In the same week as the Ordway launches its production of 'Mamma Mia!' and the film 'Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again' is released, Swedish-born ABBA fan Martin Bertilsson shares a number of facts and stories about the band in a series of videos for The Current. Read More ›
Thomas Abban signs to RCA Records, prepares for national release of his debut album July 19, 2018 Thomas Abban, the beguiling guitar prodigy and boundary pushing songwriter who has been turning heads in the Twin Cities for the past year, has been signed to the iconic and nearly century-old RCA Records. The label announced the signing today with the national release of two of Abban’s songs, “Death Song” and “Sinner,” on all… Read More ›
Music News: Brandi Carlile announces all-women festival July 19, 2018 Today's top music news stories include a new Brandi Carlile music festival, a Jay-Z festival being 'evicted' from a Philadelphia freeway, and Bruce Springsteen heading to Netflix. Read More ›
The Chart Show: Voters Write It On Their Heart and Ballot July 18, 2018 Voters wrote it on their hearts and ballots this week for Minnesota's Bad Bad Hats who debuted on the chart this week along with Big Red Machine's "Hymnostic". Father John Misty also saw a reentry with "Disappointing Diamonds Are The Rarest of Them All". 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 ›
Listen to Looch: going to see Jerry Lee Lewis July 18, 2018 Although Courtney Barnett will be playing a show in Minneapolis this weekend, Mary Lucia is 'going to drive to a casino to see Jerry Lee Lewis.' For this week's Listen to Looch, Mary talks about why she's taking a drive to see a rock and roll legend. Read More ›
Review and photos: George Clinton and P-Funk go into overdrive at the Varsity July 18, 2018 I wasn’t prepared. I mean, I brought my earplugs, comfy shoes, and ID to the Varsity Theater last night. But by no means was I mentally prepared to take in the funk onslaught that George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic fired off for two hours straight. The building shook with bass; the costumes screamed just as loud.… Read More ›
The Jayhawks perform in The Current studio July 16, 2018 Just days after the release of their latest album, 'Back Roads and Abandoned Motels,' the Jayhawks stopped in The Current studio for a session hosted by Mary Lucia. Read More ›
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit perform in the Forum at MPR July 16, 2018 Having released one of the most acclaimed albums of 2017, 'The Nashville Sound,' Jason Isbell, along with Amanda Shires and Sadler Vaden of the 400 Unit, stopped at The Current for a session performed before a live audience in the Forum at MPR. Read More ›
The Record Company stomp through six-song #MicroShow set July 09, 2018 Watch the L.A.-based power trio rip through music from their new album 'All of This Life' in front of an intimate audience. Read More ›
Watch Father John Misty enchant the Rock the Garden crowd with old and new favorites July 02, 2018 Father John Misty stretched out with a set list peppered with old and new hits to headline Rock the Garden 2018. Read More ›
P.O.S packs in punk-rap favorites at Rock the Garden July 02, 2018 P.O.S packed an incredible amount of music in his Garden stage-headlining set at Rock the Garden. Read More ›
Coffee Break: Extreme sports soundtrack July 20, 2018 The X Games are taking place this weekend at U.S. Bank Stadium, bringing extreme sports and music to downtown Minneapolis. For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that are the soundtrack to the extreme sports lifestyle? Read More ›
Today in Music History: Buzzcocks make their live debut July 20, 2018 Buzzcocks made their live debut; The very first Billboard chart was published; Jan and Dean had a hit with help from Brian Wilson; Iron Butterfly released an album that featured a 17-minute track; and Chris Cornell 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 ›