Live Virtual Session: Gully Boys at Sounds Like Home May 18, 2020 Over the weekend of May 15-17, The Current hosted Sounds Like Home: a virtual festival of Minnesota music.
Live Virtual Session: Andrew Bird celebrates the silver linings of being at home May 7, 2020 Andrew Bird is at home making music and spending time with his family, and he is celebrating the silver linings in the midst of tour cancellations and the general pause on the music industry. From his home in Los Angeles, Bird connects with The Current's Sean McPherson for a live virtual session.
Live Virtual Session: Mike Cooley and Patterson Hood of Drive-By Truckers swap tunes, share stories May 6, 2020 Drive-By Truckers' Mike Cooley, at home in Birmingham, Ala., and Patterson Hood, at home in Portland, Ore., connected with The Current's Bill DeVille to talk about what they've been doing during quarantine and to take turns playing songs.
Live Virtual Session: Jack Garratt performs songs from new album, talks importance of mental health April 30, 2020 Jack Garratt is in the process of releasing his latest album, 'Love, Death and Dancing'; he's releasing the songs in phases to give his fans a chance to really get to know the songs. Garratt also speaks frankly about mental health. 'I realized I'll never be perfect, and that is not only fine, but worth celebrating,' he says. Watch the complete Live Virtual Session hosted by Jill Riley.
Adam Weiner of Low Cut Connie plays an uplifting Live Virtual Session April 28, 2020 Adam Weiner of Low Cut Connie, at home in South Philadelphia, connects with host Jade for a Live Virtual Session for The Current. ' We're all separated, we're all in our houses,' Weiner says. 'But we're connecting right now though the magic of radio and technology. We're making art right now.' Watch Adam Weiner play songs by Low Cut Connie, a tasty Prince cover and few surprises.
Soul Asylum's Dave Pirner and Ryan Smith play songs, reflect on the band's past and present April 26, 2020 Dave Pirner originally planned to be in Los Angeles this week, promoting 'Hurry Up and Wait,' Soul Asylum's brand-new record. 'Now I'm in a basement in Minneapolis.' But Pirner and bandmate Ryan Smith make the best of the unexpected situation by playing songs and talking with The Current's Mark Wheat in Virtual Live Session.
Watch Grammy winners Rodrigo y Gabriela perform three songs April 23, 2020 Guitar duo Rodrigo y Gabriela join host Bill DeVille from their studio in Ixtapa, Mexico, to play a couple of selections from their Grammy-winning 2019 album 'Mettavolution' as well as a piece from their 2002 self-titled release.
'A bit of a supergroup': Green/Blue rock the Local Show April 23, 2020 Green/Blue are a buzzworthy new Minnesota band, but the four members are no newcomers.
Watch Matthew Caws from Nada Surf perform a live virtual session April 21, 2020 Matthew Caws of Nada Surf connected all the way from the UK with Bill DeVille in St. Paul for a live virtual session.
Watch Margaret Glaspy perform two songs from 'Devotion' April 21, 2020 Connecting over the internet, Margaret Glaspy shared two songs from 'Devotion' with Jade during our latest virtual session.