St. Vincent talks about 'Daddy's Home,' and SNL April 13, 2021 St. Vincent's Annie Clark connects with Jade to talk about her upcoming album, Daddy's Home, the visual representations that have accompanied the eras of her discography, and putting together the band for her recent Saturday Night Live performance. Read More ›
Join us for Sounds Like Home VIII on April 24 and 25 April 13, 2021 Sounds Like Home VIII is the next installment of The Current's virtual festival series. This time, we're featuring artists from greater Minnesota -- that is, artists based outside the Twin Cities metro area. Read More ›
Dua Saleh performs in The Current studio February 19, 2019 Amid surging local and worldwide attention, Minnesota's Dua Saleh performs at The Current and shares conversation with Local Show host Andrea Swensson. Read More ›
Musicians react to the police killing of Daunte Wright April 13, 2021 Musicians around the world, and particularly here in Minnesota, have been sharing grief and anger at the police killing of Daunte Wright in Brooklyn Center on Sunday. Below is a selection of those responses. Our colleagues at MPR News are continuing to cover this developing story. Nothing to reform. Burn it down and start over… Read More ›
Help us make a list of the 893 Essential Debut Albums April 08, 2021 This year for our 893 Essential series, we’re spotlighting debut albums. There are so many amazing choices, and we need your help! Read More ›
Album of the Week: Valerie June, 'The Moon and Stars: Prescriptions For Dreamers' April 12, 2021 Valerie June dropped her fifth solo record this month, The Moon and the Stars: Prescriptions for Dreamers. Mary Lucia caught up with June about how she spent her time over the past year, and her continual journey to seek light in the world. Read More ›
Virtual Gig List: Live streamed concerts from your favorite artists February 02, 2021 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 ›
Celebrate Minnesota Music Month with The Current March 30, 2021 Each weekday in April, we're paying tribute to a different Minnesotan artist in honor of Minnesota Music Month. We'll hear Musicheads Essentials features that explore the lives and careers of artists like Poliça, Gaelynn Lea, and Sonny Knight, as well as tracks from their catalogs. Read More ›
Bleachers' Jack Antonoff sticks to his gut feelings April 09, 2021 Maddie catches up with Bleachers' Jack Antonoff about listening to your gut and filtering out the noise when it comes to songwriting, his quarantine dreams, and who his first source of confidence was as a music producer. Read More ›
Help was on the way for shuttered venues. Then the website crashed. April 09, 2021 The Small Business Administration launched an application portal for its $16 billion relief program for shuttered venues yesterday, but technical problems prompted deactivation for repair. Read More ›
St. Vincent talks about 'Daddy's Home,' and SNL April 13, 2021 St. Vincent's Annie Clark connects with Jade to talk about her upcoming album, Daddy's Home, the visual representations that have accompanied the eras of her discography, and putting together the band for her recent Saturday Night Live performance. Read More ›
Valerie June on finding the light in each other, plays new music in virtual session with The Current April 08, 2021 Valerie June connects with The Current's Mary Lucia to play a few songs from her latest record, 'The Moon and Stars: Prescriptions for Dreamers' plus an older favorite. June leads us on a meditation to kick things off, and speaks with Mary about channeling light in dark world, finding her voice, and spending time along the Mississippi River. Read More ›
Judith Hill discusses vulnerability in Hollywood, plays new tracks in virtual session with The Current April 07, 2021 Judith Hill joins The Current to play tracks from her latest record, Baby, I'm Hollywood! Hill catches up with Sean McPherson about having your parents in your band, the art of lyrical metaphors, and maintaining vulnerability in Hollywood. Read More ›
Tune-Yards perform songs from 'sketchy.' in a virtual session April 01, 2021 Merrill Garbus and Nate Brenner of Tune-Yards join Maddie for a virtual session to play songs from their latest record, 'sketchy.' The three of them discuss the band's first time scoring a film, how martial arts movies played a role in their creative process, and thinking of themselves as athletes in the studio. Read More ›
Frances Forever: Virtual Session March 18, 2021 Frances Forever joins The Current to play a few tracks and talk about balancing their senior year of college with a record label signing, their philosophy of recording cover songs, and which instruments they want to learn next. 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 ›
Coffee Snake: Name drops April 09, 2021 For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that name drop another musician or band? Let's see if we can make a "snake" or two -- a chain of songs that reference the next band, then the next band, etc. Read More ›
Today in Music History: Remembering Carl Perkins on his birthday April 09, 2021 The Righteous Brothers topped the charts; Macca released a big hit; Abba got their first U.S. No. 1; David Bowie had a No. 1 hit in both the U.S. and U.K.; and Carl Perkins 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 ›