News and InterviewsSound Unseen: A conversation with Festival Director Jim Brunzell Nov 13, 2013Jim Brunzell, director for the Sound Unseen festival, stopped by to share the news for this year and talked about some of his favorite offerings.
Coffee Break9:30 Coffee Break: Fiddle Songs Nov 8, 2013Trampled by Turtles will be on your television tonight and listener Haley thought we should honor that with a 9:30 Coffee Break. What songs with fiddling should we play today?
DuluthLocal Gig List: November 6-10Andrea Swensson • Nov 6, 2013 Wednesday, November 6 GRRRL PRTY EP-Release Show Icehouse, Minneapolis 9 p.m., $6, 21+ For their third in a monthly residency at Icehouse, rap crew GRRRL PRTY (who placed third in this year’s Picked to Click poll, and whose MC Lizzo also snagged first place in the same poll) will celebrate the release of their…
DuluthLou Reed's Legacy Nov 1, 2013The staff at The Current reflect on the music of Lou Reed in the wake of the rock pioneer's passing on Sunday at age 71.
DuluthLocal Gig List: Halloween-November 3Andrea Swensson • Oct 31, 2013Thursday, October 31 Solid Gold with Grime Dogg, Allan Kingdom, Tickle Torture and Mike 2600 Turf Club, St. Paul 8 p.m., $15, 21+ Not only is this a chance to party with Solid Gold while wearing your best deep-sea-diver costume, but it also features support from some of the Cities’ most intriguing emerging artists—raucous electro-pop…
DuluthLocal Gig List: October 22-27Andrea Swensson • Oct 22, 2013Tuesday, October 22 Dosh Album-Release Show Electric Fetus, Minneapolis 7 p.m., free, all ages Martin Dosh will celebrate the release of his latest full-length, Milk Money, with a free performance, listening party, and album signing at record store the Electric Fetus. Strange Names (opening for Janelle Monae) Skyway Theatre, Minneapolis 6 p.m., $25 Touring behind her…
DuluthFriday Five: P.O.S. gets remixed, John Mark Nelson plays the back of a vanAndrea Swensson • Oct 18, 2013It’s been another busy week for local music, with the Picked to Click results hitting newsstands this past Wednesday and Prince throwing another crazy party out at Paisley Park tonight. Before we skip on out of our cubicles for the weekend, here are a few more little tidbits of Minnesota music news to get you…
DuluthHello from Jay Gabler, the new guy at the CurrentJay Gabler • Oct 16, 2013Though I was born in Minneapolis and raised in St. Paul and Duluth, I missed the Current’s zeroth birthday. When Minnesota Public Radio’s new station launched on January 24, 2005, I was in Massachusetts, attending graduate school at Harvard University. I knew that something pretty exciting had happened in Minnesota radio, but I had my…
DuluthLocal Gig List: October 14-20Andrea Swensson • Oct 15, 2013 Tuesday, October 15 Communion Minneapolis Varsity Theater, Minneapolis 7 p.m., $12 adv/$15 door, 18+ Inspired by the success of a monthly club night in the U.K. that shares the same name, new traveling show Communion (not to be confused with dance night Communion Sundays) takes up residency in different cities around the U.S. and…
DuluthLocal Gig List: October 11-13Andrea Swensson • Oct 11, 2013Friday, October 11 Robert Robinson CD-Release Show Dakota Jazz Club, Minneapolis 8 p.m., $20, all ages The reigning king of Twin Cities gospel, Robert Robinson, takes a more pop-oriented approach on his new album, Lullabies From the Heart, covering everything from Sarah McLachlan’s “Angel” to Sting’s “Field of Gold” and Cyndi Lauper’s “Time After Time.”…
