This morning, Bob Dylan announced a fall tour that will stop in Minneapolis for three shows at the Orpheum Theatre: Nov. 4, 5, and 6. Tickets, which go on sale Sept. 6, are priced at $55 to $135. The shows, at a venue formerly owned by Dylan and his brother, are the Minnesota native’s first home-state shows…

In addition to the high-profile Grandstand shows—including our own MN Music-on-a-Stick showcase on Aug. 30—the Minnesota State Fair is alive with free music. The Fair has posted complete schedules of performers at their free stages and other venues (booths, restaurants, etc.), and MPR will be hosting several performances at our own booth—but who are all these artists?…

On Saturday, August 23, Chaperone Records is hosting a Block Rockin’ B-day Bash. The musical festivities will be taking place at the 200 block of E. 2nd St. in Duluth, both outside and inside the new Red Herring Lounge. The event, celebrating the record label’s first birthday, will feature artists from the Twin Cities as well as…

Two years ago, the local team here at the Current stumbled across so many impressive high-school bands that we decided to air the first ever high-schoolers-only edition of The Local Show. And it’s turned into quite the fun tradition—there are only so many young up-and-coming bands that we can stumble on by chance, so it’s become our annual “call…

Our new #1, Trampled By Turtles, are a "remmidemmi" band apparently! That's a German phrase for, "arms in the air, let's party!"

The Current spent some quality time on the shore of Lake Superior this weekend at several different special events in Duluth, including a live broadcast from the Endion Station Public House in Canal Park, a “The Current Does Duluth” showcase at the Red Herring Lounge in downtown Duluth, and an afternoon at the All Pints…

We’ve got a great crowd down at Endion Station today for the Current’s live broadcast from Duluth—and we thought we’d take advantage of the opportunity to ask some of the Duluthians (and regular visitors) what they like to do in this beautiful city on the tip of Lake Superior. Megan and Tom “We like to…

What songs from Strange Duos do you want to hear?

When Trampled By Turtles went on David Letterman’s show earlier this month to play their song “Are You Behind the Shining Star?”, their host wasted no time revealing what a New Yorker knows about the band’s hometown. “Duluth. That’s iron ore country? Taconite, that’s right.” Then Letterman turned to Paul Shaffer, who seemed to be…

With Bruce Springsteen’s iconic and top-selling album, Born in the U.S.A., turning 30 this year, a dozen artists have stepped up to record covers of the album’s 12 tracks for a new compilation called Dead Man’s Town. And as we reported earlier this month, two of the artists on the compilation are from Duluth, Minnesota. We’ll have…