Music Director, Host

Jade

Florence + the Machine’s fifth album celebrates that release that can only come from movement, moving towards something physically or emotionally.


A woman stands in a garden at night, the moon behind her, a moth overhead

Dance Fever

Polydor Records 

Album of the Week: Florence + the Machine, 'Dance Fever'

Chaz Bear’s seventh album will leave you with a smile.


Chaz Bear sitting in a jeepney near the Golden Gate bridge

Toro y Moi - The Loop (Official Video)

MAHAL

Dead Oceans

Album of the Week: Toro y Moi 'MAHAL'

Jade - Album of the Week: Arcade Fire, 'We'

The band’s sixth studio album was created during the longest uninterrupted period of writing in their history.


Arcade Fire - The Lightning I, II (Official Video)

Provided

Album of the Week: Arcade Fire, 'WE'

Jade - Album of the Week: Jack White, 'Fear of the Dawn'

Jack White’s first of two concept records for 2022 has arrived.


A drawing of a man standing among scattered wood under a moonlit sky

Jack White – Fear Of The Dawn (Official Video)

Fear Of The Dawn

Third Man

Album of the Week: Jack White, 'Fear of the Dawn'

Host

Mac Wilson

This album further cements him as one of the 21st century's great songwriters and performers.


Father John Misty, 'Chloë and the Next 20th Century'

Chloë and the Next 20th Century

Sub Pop Records

Album of the Week: Father John Misty, 'Chloë and the Next 20th Century'

Jill Riley - Album of the Week: Wet Leg, 'Wet Leg'

Jill Riley

The highly anticipated self-titled, full-length debut album from Isle of Wight’s Wet Leg is out now.


Wet Leg live concert at First Avenue - March 3, 2022 (full performance from The Current)

Wet Leg

Domino Recording Company

Album of the Week: Wet Leg, 'Wet Leg'

Jade - Album of the Week: The Cactus Blossoms, 'One Day'

Jack Torrey and Page Burkum’s latest release finds them breaking new creative ground. 


Two men sit in a field of dry grass, playing guitars

Minnesota Sessions: The Cactus Blossoms at The Terrarium (live for The Current)

One Day

Walkie Talkie Records

Album of the Week: The Cactus Blossoms, 'One Day'

Diane - Album of the Week: Cloud Cult, 'Metamorphosis'

Local musician and journalist Diane is host and producer of The Local Show. Airing Sundays from 6 to 8 p.m. on The Current's radio broadcasts across Minnesota and online, The Local Show is a weekly listening must for music fans looking for the latest from up-and-coming artists across the state.


Diane

Frontman Craig Minowa says, “the intention was to try and create something where I could play the whole album, front to back, on an acoustic guitar in a cabin in the woods.”


Cloud Cult album cover with butterflies emerging from skeleton's chest

Cloud Cult  One Way Out of a Hole (Official Music Video)

Metamorphosis

Album of the Week: Cloud Cult, 'Metamorphosis'

Jade - Album of the Week: Hurray for the Riff Raff, 'Life on Earth' 

It’s an album about what survives during transformation and its aftermath. 


A woman standing in a bayou area in Louisiana

LIFE ON EARTH

Nonesuch Records

Album of the Week: Hurray for the Riff Raff, 'Life on Earth'

Jade - Album of the Week: Robert Glasper, 'Black Radio III'

Black Radio III unfolds like ornate origami, a balance of guest features, storytelling, energizing optimism, and mesmerizing instrumentation.


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