Kamasi Washington's new album 'Heaven and Earth' drops on June 22nd and we're honored to premiere track 11 from the album -- Street Fighter Mas -- here on The Current.

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This time on Music to Watch, The Current's Sean McPherson and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert's Kateri Palen talk about artists who have captivated them recently: Leon Bridges, Nathaniel Rateliff, Lake Street Dive, and Phoebe Bridgers.

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'Like computers, we store painful memories on our hard drives,' writes Jeffrey Bissoy-Mattis. 'To avoid crashing, we need to clear some files. Janelle Monae tells us to stop ignoring the annoying sign that says to clear some space and click reboot.' Bissoy-Mattis describes Monae's 'Dirty Computer' as 'an inclusive album that invites listeners from (literally) all backgrounds to triumphantly be themselves.'

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A new video for the song 'Hey Mama,' comes just ahead of Mother's Day and celebrates moms everywhere, with old family films and more recent videos documenting their daily routines.

NPR Music's hip-hop journalist Rodney Carmichael breaks down the political and racial nuances of Donald Glover's new video.

On May 6, 1997 Parliament Funkadelic was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Prince, accompanied by his wife Mayte Garcia, paid tribute to George Clinton and all of Parliament Funkadeloic.

Watch Trampled by Turtles' triumphant return at the Palace Theatre on Saturday, May 5, 2018.