As The Current honors Sharon Jones as part of its celebration of Black History Month, her songs -- and her spirit -- will live on.

Erasure's 1988 hit 'A Little Respect' remains a dance-floor favorite. Now, JD McPherson has reimagined the song as a soulful, swaying, slow-dance number -- likely to be another popular dance track, but in a whole new way.

On Tuesday night, Bill DeVille hosted a Time Machine all about music from 1982. Now take the quiz: Listen to the mashup of five songs from the show, and see if you can identify them.

This week on What's New on The Current, Jade shares a one-off from Arcade Fire featuring Mavis Staples, Slowdive's first single in 22 years and L.A. punk with a soft side from Cherry Glazerr.

His new song, 'Pure Comedy', appears to take on everything from big pharma, global warming and natural disasters to religion, gluttony and human folly in general.

For the week of Jan. 23, 2017, Brian Oake has selected 'Hope You're Alone' by local artist Monica LaPlante. 'This song has a hook so big,' Oake writes, 'it would take a team of surgeons to remove it from my brain.' Read a bit more about LaPlante and listen to the track.

The prolific singer, songwriter and bandleader balances confined chaos and riotous pop hooks on his newest self-titled album.

We have new music from the Kinks' Ray Davies. This British songwriter's fascination with U.S. culture culminates in a new album with the Jayhawks called 'Americana.'

jeremy messersmith wrote a song to help Minnesota Public Radio celebrate its 50th anniversary. He brought in some of the best and brightest local artists to bring the song to life, and now we're thrilled to share it with you.

After Celebration Rock fixated on staying young and feeling raw, the Vancouver duo's new album re-envisions youth as a passageway to a new and better place.