Eating and Drinking with Supertaster James Norton: Twinkies August 07, 2013 Today James Norton spoke to The Morning Show's Jill Riley and Steve Seel about the epic return of the Twinkie and the substitute Twinkies on the market. Read More ›
Win tickets to Laura Marling's exclusive UBS Forum performance August 07, 2013 We here at The Current love having our favorite artists perform in the UBS Forum at Minnesota Public Radio. Next Wednesday, August 14, Laura Marling is stopping by to do just that. This is your chance to see her perform up close and personal. Read More ›
On a Minnesota music flowchart, everyone is connected August 06, 2013 Here in the Twin Cities, we like to talk about how we have an especially interconnected scene, with so many different bands overlapping, breaking up, and reforming into new groups. But it’s something that’s always been incredibly hard to describe, or to make any sense of on paper. Yeah, these bands are all connected, but… Read More ›
Local Gig List: August 6-11 August 06, 2013 Tuesday, August 6 Jeremy Messersmith 7th St. Entry, Minneapolis 7:30 p.m., sold out, 18+ With his new record in the can, recent Glassnote Records signee Jeremy Messersmith will showcase some of his new material at the Entry tonight. The album’s title and full track listing hasn’t been revealed, so the show will offer up one… Read More ›
High-schoolers take over the airwaves again August 25 August 06, 2013 Last year, the local team at The Current stumbled across a slew of high-school bands by chance, and a few of them ended up becoming quick sensations in the community (see: John Mark Nelson and Bomba De Luz). We figured there was a lot of talent brewing in those school hallways, so we aired the… Read More ›
Jake Bugg performs an acoustic set live in The Current studios August 06, 2013 It was a gift from an uncle that launched singer-songwriter Jake Bugg's career. Until he was 12 years old, Bugg was only interested in playing soccer. But when an uncle presented the preteen Bugg with a guitar, Bugg "knew it was what [he] wanted to do." Read More ›
Amanda Shires performs in The Current studio August 18, 2019 The constantly busy singer-songwriter, violinist and ukulele player Amanda Shires visited The Current studio to play songs from her acclaimed album 'To The Sunset' and to talk about how she and her friends are working to change that Nashville sound. Read More ›
Tuxedo perform a cool, funky set in The Current studio August 14, 2019 'I think people know if they're coming to a Tuxedo show, they're coming to dance,' says Mayer Hawthorne of Tuxedo. The same could be said of their session in The Current studio. Read More ›
Across Borders, Across Generations: Hmong music in Minnesota August 21, 2019 Ever watched your grandma spit verses for a crowd? Tou SaiK Lee has. He's one of several younger Hmong-Minnesotans who have collaborated with elders in the last decade, combining folk traditions and newer sounds. In this episode, we follow him to the fields of Thailand and through an internal journey; Tou SaiK continues to learn who he is, how to enrich his community, and how to process the loss of his grandma. This episode also features conversations with Lis Pos, Shawn Mouacheupao, Ernest and Missy Whiteman, and more. Read More ›
The Current Rewind: 25 Years of Low August 07, 2019 Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker, married founding members of Low, have been experimenting with rock music since the early '90s. In this episode, we join them for an interview and a walking tour of Duluth, Minn.; we explore their quarter-century of a musical career; and we meet their "road nanny" (along with several other Duluthian characters). All with a dose of dry, dark humor. Read More ›
Inside Minneapolis's Palmer's Bar, where Bonnie Raitt was once a regular July 24, 2019 During the West Bank's beatnik era, Palmer's was a watering hole where musicians like Bonnie Raitt, "Spider" John Koerner, and Willie Murphy would cross paths, and the bar remains an integral part of the neighborhood's music scene today. Since opening its doors in 1906, Palmer's has survived Prohibition, bootlegging, and two World Wars, and become an integral part of the West Bank's music scene. Read More ›
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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 ›
Coffee Break: In Bloom August 23, 2019 There's been a lot of chatter this week about the Minnesota State Fair's "Floralpalooza" which features displays on the theme of Prince, Charles M. Schulz, Paul Bunyan, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Judy Garland among others. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that feature a type of flower? Read More ›
Today in Music History: David Bowie released 'Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)' August 23, 2019 Julian Casablancas and Keith Moon were born; Johnny Cash was topping the charts; David Bowie put out Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps); and Bowie released 'Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)', 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 ›