Live Virtual Session: Sophia Eris at Sounds Like Home May 28, 2020 Over the weekend of May 15-17, The Current hosted Sounds Like Home: a virtual festival of Minnesota music. Read More ›
Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert May 28, 2020 Watch the North Carolina-born Americana star perform four songs in quarantine from her home in Ireland. Read More ›
The Chart Show: T. Rex Is In The Basement May 27, 2020 Nick Cave waltzes onto the chart with "Cosmic Dancer" this week. Read More ›
Minnesota music community mourns George Floyd, Conga Latin Bistro staffer and former Houston rapper May 27, 2020 The Minnesota music community is reeling from the death of George Floyd. Around 8 p.m. on Monday, Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on Floyd’s neck for several minutes at 38th and Chicago in South Minneapolis (for more on this, go to MPR News). In Minneapolis, Floyd was best known for working security at Conga… Read More ›
Suzi Quatro talks with Mary Lucia: 'If I want to do something, I'm going to do it' May 27, 2020 Suzi Quatro burst onto the music scene in 1973 and singlehandedly re-wrote the rulebook for women in rock and roll. In the run-up to the North American release of a documentary on Quatro's life, Quatro spoke with The Current's Mary Lucia in a wide-ranging, highly personal and deeply fascinating interview. Read More ›
Music News: An IPO in a pandemic? Streaming boom makes money...for investors May 27, 2020 A planned IPO for Warner Music is evidence of a streaming-fueled rebound for the recording industry. Meanwhile, Laura Marling's livestreams suggest that rarity, rather than ubiquity, could be the key to some artists' income right now. Also today: Black Dresses break up after online harassment, steel guitarist Bucky Baxter dies, and Billie Eilish releases film slamming body-shaming. Read More ›
Live Virtual Session: Dwynell Roland at Sounds Like Home May 27, 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: 26 BATS! at Sounds Like Home May 27, 2020 Over the weekend of May 15-17, The Current hosted Sounds Like Home: a virtual festival of Minnesota music. Read More ›
Bright Eyes share lush new single 'One And Done' May 27, 2020 The third single to arrive in anticipation of Bright Eyes' first record in nearly a decade, 'One and Done' is a picture-postcard from the crumbling Anthropocene. Read More ›
Rock and Roll Book Club: 'Bring That Beat Back: How Sampling Built Hip-Hop' May 27, 2020 Nate Patrin's 'Bring That Beat Back' chronicles the history of sampling in hip-hop...which, of course, means it's a chronicle of the history of hip-hop. Read More ›
Live Virtual Session: Charlie Parr at Sounds Like Home May 29, 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: Yam Haus at Sounds Like Home May 29, 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: Lady Lark at Sounds Like Home May 29, 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: Remo Drive at Sounds Like Home May 28, 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: Sophia Eris at Sounds Like Home May 28, 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: People have the power June 05, 2020 This week we have centered Coffee Break themes around cleaning up, neighbors, change, revolution, and now after two weeks of unrest in the Twin Cities and beyond, it seems time for a theme centered around the understanding that "people have the power". Read More ›
Today in Music History: Rage went No. 1 with 'Evil Empire' June 05, 2020 Rage Against The Machine went No. 1 with 'Evil Empire'; Richard Butler was born; Elvis Presley's televised gyrations caused a stir; Roy Oribson went to No. 1 with 'Running Scared'; Paul McCartney released an album with a side of coffee; Bob Dylan graduated from Hibbing High School; U2 performed and recorded at Red Rocks, 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 ›