Musicheads Essential Album: Prince, 'One Nite Alone...' April 08, 2021 In 2002, Prince released his 25th album, 'One Nite Alone.' The album primarily features Prince singing solo on a piano. Read More ›
Musicheads Essential Album: Prince's '3121' April 08, 2021 '3121' is Prince's 31st studio album, released on March 21, 2006. Many consider the album a return to form. Read More ›
Musicheads Essential Album: Prince's 'Musicology' April 08, 2021 In his first of three albums released in 2004, Prince struck a chord with 'Musicology.' Read More ›
Musicheads Essential Album: Prince's 'Love Symbol Album' April 08, 2021 In October of 1992, Prince debuted an unpronounceable symbol that he would later take as his name. That symbol appeared on an untitled album, now referred to as 'The Love Symbol Album.' Read More ›
Musicheads Essential Album: Prince's 'Black Album' April 08, 2021 Scheduled for release just eight months after 'Sign O' the Times' appeared, 'The Black Album' was said to be Prince's reaction to criticism that his music had become too pop. Read More ›
Musicheads Essential Album: Prince, 'Graffiti Bridge' April 08, 2021 Prince's 'Graffiti Bridge' was released in August 1990, but was in the works for nearly a decade, with songs being recorded and rerecorded as early as 1983. Read More ›
Musicheads Essential Album: Prince, 'Batman' April 08, 2021 Prince's last release in the 1980s is an album that stands out in his catalog. It's the soundtrack for Tim Burton's 1989 film 'Batman.' Read More ›
The Chart Show: Debuts from Flock of Dimes, Foushee, Django Django April 07, 2021 Voters inducted three new acts on the chart this week, including Jenn Wasner's solo project Flock of Dimes, Los Angeles' Foushee, and the London-based four-piece Django Django. Read More ›
Listen to Looch: 'Tina' is a story of survival and of a revered career April 07, 2021 This week, Mary Lucia discusses 'Tina,' the documentary about Tina Turner that just debuted on HBO. 'Turner truly expresses that this was her hand dealt in life,' Mary says, 'and she is dealing with it the best way she knows how.' Read More ›
Wellness Wednesday: Cancer screening and prevention April 07, 2021 The urgency of the COVID-19 pandemic has understandably been causing many people to sideline other aspects of their health, but unfortunately cancer won't rest while we fight the coronavirus. Some screening can be done remotely, and there are things you can do every day to help prevent cancers from forming in your body. 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 ›
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: Our song April 16, 2021 LaTonya Floyd, George Floyd's sister, said the last time she talked to her brother they sang their favorite song to each other, "Keep on Loving You" by REO Speedwagon. That story has us thinking about our special songs with meaningful people in our lives. Read More ›
Today in Music History: Remembering Dusty Springfield on her birthday April 16, 2021 Buddy Holly's first single was released; a Led Zeppelin got a gold record; Hutch from Starsky and Hutch had a big hit; Kiss put the makeup back on; composer Henry Mancini was born; and Dusty Springfield 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 ›