Ahead of his trippy performance at the newly renovated Northrop Auditorium on Saturday, June 28, Ray LaMontagne stopped by The Current studios to record a Theft of the Dial with host Bill DeVille.

The Major-League Baseball All-Star Game is coming to Target Field and The Current staff started wondering, who would The Current listeners choose to be in their All-Star Band?

Anticipating the release of Rural Alberta Advantage's 3rd studio album, Mended with Gold, frontman Nils Edenloff chatted with New Hot host David Safar this week to debut "Terrified," the first single off the new record.

The bluegrass-based folk-rock band knows how to play at extreme speeds, but its new album is a thoughtful, stately grower — a far cry from the fiery freneticism of Trampled by Turtles' live shows.

"The rhythm of life goes round," the singer repeats, summing up a set ranging from politics to gang violence to gender identity. He's in fine voice, belting and going gentle without strain.

There's not a lot of crossover between The Current and A Prairie Home Companion, but good music is universal, so there have to be a couple of intersections here and there. Here are the five standout Current-Prairie Home crossover performances.

Spoon debut "Do You", the second single from their forthcoming album 'They Want My Soul.'

On tour supporting his highly anticipated debut album release, Benjamin Booker stopped in to The Current studios to talk to New Hot host David Safar about how he was discovered and signed to ATO records. Booker also plays a few songs off the forthcoming album, scheduled for Aug. 19.

Bon Iver's Justin Vernon took one look at Wish I Was Here, the new film by Zac Braff, and was immediately inspired to write this song.

It's Pride Weekend! Dan Savage of the It Gets Better Project had a radio show on what is now KEXP from 1994-1997, so when he came to our studios, the political activist dug up his radio roots and gave us a taste of his music mind for a Theft of the Dial.