Live Virtual Session: Faith Boblett at Sounds Like Home May 21, 2020 Over the weekend of May 15 to 17, The Current hosted Sounds Like Home: a virtual festival of Minnesota music. Watch Faith Boblett's performance from that festival. Read More ›
Live Virtual Session: P.O.S at Sounds Like Home May 21, 2020 Over the weekend of May 15-17, The Current hosted Sounds Like Home: a virtual festival of Minnesota music. Read More ›
Music News: Devo helmet face shields...and other timely music merch May 21, 2020 Devo's helmet face shields are just the tip of a growing iceberg of music merch designed with safety in mind. Also today: a distinctly defensive album announcement from Lana Del Rey, guitarist Jorge Santana dies at 68, Ice Cube says Mr. Rogers once sued him, and Sia announces her directorial debut. Read More ›
Margo Price is 'Perfectly Imperfect At The Ryman' May 21, 2020 Capturing performances from Price's star-making 2018 residency at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium, 'Perfectly Imperfect At The Ryman' feels like a relic from a time gone by. Read More ›
The Chart Show: Learn from our Chart stars! May 20, 2020 Brand new at nineteen, Laura Marling is one of the artists, that includes Johnny Marr and Ed O'Brien of Radiohead, that have gone online during the lockdown to teach guitar. Read More ›
The Chart Show Hall of Fame May 20, 2020 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 ›
The Jayhawks' Gary Louris talks about 'XOXO' and the importance of new music in times like these May 20, 2020 The Jayhawks' new album, 'XOXO,' releases July 10, 2020, and The Current's Jim McGuinn connected with frontman Gary Louris to talk about the new record. 'I think our fans would like to hear new music, especially at this time,' Louris says. 'Music is pretty much a salve.' Read More ›
Live Virtual Session: Kara Laudon at Sounds Like Home May 20, 2020 Over the weekend of May 15-17, The Current hosted Sounds Like Home: a virtual festival of Minnesota music. Read More ›
Listen to Looch: 'Shepard & Dark' explores a longtime friendship May 20, 2020 Released in 2012, the documentary 'Shepard & Dark' is available on many streaming services. This film 'stayed with me for days,' Mary Lucia says, 'and that's always a good sign for me.' Read More ›
Music News: Kathleen Edwards returns to music after six years away May 20, 2020 Revered singer-songwriter Kathleen Edwards has reversed the hold she put on her own music career six years ago. Also in the news today: Lorde's next album is in progress, Pink Floyd are beefing (again), Trent Reznor shares some good lockdown advice, and Low Cut Connie get into the custom-scent business. Read More ›
Live Virtual Session: David Huckfelt at Sounds Like Home May 25, 2020 Over the weekend of May 15 to 17, The Current hosted Sounds Like Home: a virtual festival of Minnesota music. Watch David Huckfelt's performance from that festival. Read More ›
Live Virtual Session: Dave Simonett at Sounds Like Home May 22, 2020 Over the weekend of May 15 to 17, The Current hosted Sounds Like Home: a virtual festival of Minnesota music. Watch Dave Simonett's performance from that festival. Read More ›
Live Virtual Session: Faith Boblett at Sounds Like Home May 21, 2020 Over the weekend of May 15 to 17, The Current hosted Sounds Like Home: a virtual festival of Minnesota music. Watch Faith Boblett's performance from that festival. Read More ›
Live Virtual Session: P.O.S at Sounds Like Home May 21, 2020 Over the weekend of May 15-17, The Current hosted Sounds Like Home: a virtual festival of Minnesota music. Read More ›
Live Virtual Session: Kara Laudon at Sounds Like Home May 20, 2020 Over the weekend of May 15-17, The Current hosted Sounds Like Home: a virtual festival of Minnesota music. 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, and get enhanced functionality -- song names, requests, song of the day -- with our Alexa Skill. 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 Break: Songs for Healthcare Workers May 22, 2020 Let's put together a set of music today for our hero healthcare workers that are stepping up to help out when they are needed most. For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear for healthcare workers? Read More ›
Today in Music History: The Stones' 'Sticky Fingers' went No. 1 May 22, 2020 Jerry Lee Lewis started an ill-fated U.K. tour; Paul McCartney had a 'silly' song go to No. 1; the Boss set a record for number of consecutive concerts at a single arena; and the Rolling Stones had an album that stuck at No. 1 for four weeks, 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 ›