Each year, The Current’s celebrates its anniversary in January. On January 24, 2005, at 9 a.m., The Current began broadcasting on 89.3 FM in the Twin Cities and 88.7 FM in Rochester, Minnesota.

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs from The Current’s Top 89 Songs countdown from 2010 would you like to hear?

The Current's best songs, from 2005 to today

Songs by The Cure, Maggie Rogers and Kim Deal all enter the Chart Show Hall of Fame after 10 weeks of listeners’ votes.

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs from The Current’s Top 89 Songs Countdown of 2009 would you like to hear?

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs from The Current’s Top Albums of 2008 would you like to hear?

Deephaven-born Blaine John Chaney and teenage friend Chan Poling founded the Suburbs in 1977, and their collaborations proved fruitful and wide-ranging. On Sunday, Jan. 5, Chaney died at the age of 67.

Landon Conrath talks in detail with The Current about how “just a dude from Lino Lakes” became a local hit-making machine, including his origin story, songwriting process, collaborators, inspirations, and more. 

Yarrow wrote or co-wrote some of the group's biggest 1960s hits, including "Puff, the Magic Dragon" and "Day Is Done."

New music from Harlow, Your Smith, Favourite Girl, Yonder, and more.