Mike Doughty: Virtual Session January 15, 2021 Mike Doughty joins Morning Show host Jill Riley from his home in Memphis to talk about his new project Ghost Of Vroom, his latest book I Die Each Time I Hear The Sound. Plus, hear performances of a few recent tracks and a familiar favorite. Read More ›
Sylvain Sylvain, New York Dolls guitarist, dies at 69 January 15, 2021 Sylvain's rhythm guitar playing was the foundation for the raw, hard-driving sound of the New York Dolls, who presaged punk and new wave and influenced generations of musicians. Read More ›
Icehouse plumbs thousands of archived recordings for first live album January 14, 2021 “This is really easy to do,” sound engineer Ryan Mach remembers his colleague Alex Proctor telling him during training at Icehouse. “Over to your left here, press record on every single show.” Since the Minneapolis venue opened in 2012, Icehouse engineers have captured thousands (“probably in the ten thousands”) of hours of multi-tracked music recordings.… Read More ›
Lady Gaga, J-Lo to headline Biden inauguration January 14, 2021 The entertainers will be joined by a Georgia firefighter and a Jesuit priest at the Capitol ceremony. Read More ›
Prince: The Story of Sign O' The Times, the complete series October 19, 2020 Prince: The Story of Sign O' The Times is an audio documentary series brought to you by The Current in collaboration with the Prince Estate, Paisley Park, and Warner Records. Listen to the complete eight-episode series. Read More ›
Virtual Gig List: Live streamed concerts from your favorite artists June 26, 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 ›
Rock and Roll Book Club: 'Let Love Rule' is Lenny Kravitz's origin story January 14, 2021 As extraordinary as Lenny Kravitz's career has been, the quarter-century leading up to his 1989 breakout may have been even more extraordinary. In 'Let Love Rule,' the rock star tells the first part of his life story. Read More ›
The Chart Show: LaPlante Lands Hall of Fame January 13, 2021 Congrats to Monica LaPlante who makes a Chart Hall of Fame debut after ten weeks on the chart with "Compression." Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings push to #1 this week with their soulfilled rendition of the Mickey Newbury song, "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)." Read More ›
The Chart Show Hall of Fame January 13, 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 ›
Listen to Looch: 'Pretend It's a City' January 13, 2021 Mary Lucia talks about a brand-new series from Netflix, directed by Martin Scorsese, that captures the observations and wit of New York City writer and humorist Fran Lebowitz. Read More ›
Mike Doughty: Virtual Session January 15, 2021 Mike Doughty joins Morning Show host Jill Riley from his home in Memphis to talk about his new project Ghost Of Vroom, his latest book I Die Each Time I Hear The Sound. Plus, hear performances of a few recent tracks and a familiar favorite. Read More ›
Bartees Strange: Virtual Session December 23, 2020 Bartees Strange joins Jade for a virtual session to play songs from his latest record, Live Forever, out now on Memory Music. They'll also be talking about leaving places that prevent you from feeling free, covering The National and SAMIA, and what he's working on in his studio for his family this Christmas. Read More ›
Nilufer Yanya: Virtual Session December 22, 2020 Nilufer Yanya joins Sean McPherson to play songs from her new EP, Feeling Lucky? which was released earlier this month. They'll be discussing the freedoms of releasing EPs over albums, why she loves writing angry songs, and recalibrating to a year without live shows. Read More ›
Jade Bird: Virtual Session December 17, 2020 Jade Bird joins Jill Riley of The Current's Morning Show to talk about moving to Austin, working with legendary Nashville producer Dave Cobb on her upcoming release, and what she's been up to this year. Read More ›
Interview: Matt Berninger of The National talks about 'Serpentine Prison' December 16, 2020 Last month Matt Berninger of The National released his debut solo record, 'Serpentine Prison' on Book Records, a new imprint formed by Berninger and Booker T. Jones with Concord Records. Jade caught up with Matt about working with Booker as a producer, and how he's been spending his free time lately. 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 ›
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 ›
Mike Doughty: Virtual Session January 15, 2021 Mike Doughty joins Morning Show host Jill Riley from his home in Memphis to talk about his new project Ghost Of Vroom, his latest book I Die Each Time I Hear The Sound. Plus, hear performances of a few recent tracks and a familiar favorite. Read More ›
Coffee Break: Indoguration January 15, 2021 It's been a few years since pets have been seen running around the White House, but that's about to change. So for today's Coffee Break, what dog songs do you want to hear? 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 ›