Coffee BreakCoffee Break: The End is the BeginningJill Riley and Nilufer Arsala • Mar 31, 2025For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs about endings or beginnings would you like to hear?
WatchKris Delmhorst plays songs from 'Ghosts in the Garden' at The Current for Radio HeartlandMike Pengra • Mar 28, 2025Delmhorst and her band — the same musicians who recorded the album — perform a session in our studio.
Classic AmericanaClassic Americana: Charly McClainMike Pengra and Luke Taylor • Mar 28, 2025Our Classic Americana pick this week highlights Charly McClain, a singer who enjoyed a string of hits in the 1980s thanks to her smooth, warm vocals.
Coffee BreakCoffee Break: Honorable MentionsJill Riley and Nilufer Arsala • Mar 28, 2025For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs from albums that didn’t make the March Music Madness bracket would you like to hear?
March Music MadnessMarch Music Madness: Best Albums of 2005 Mar 27, 2025We’ve identified 64 of the best albums of 2005 to go head-to-head to determine the top record of the year. Vote for your favorite albums now!
Carbon Sound and The Current Present: Minnesota Music Month featuring papa mbye + friends Mar 26, 2025Carbon Sound and The Current Present: Minnesota Music Month featuring papa mbye + friends on Thursday, April 10.
PhotosPhotos: Rochester Thaw 2025 packs Med City with live music Rosei Skipper • Mar 25, 2025On March 22, 30 acts playing across six venues in the heart of downtown Rochester, Minnesota, made for an action-packed Saturday filled with live music.
ReviewsStuart Murdoch delivers a sunny portrait of the artist as a young manLuke Taylor • Mar 24, 2025The Belle & Sebastian frontman has gifted fans with a delightful semi-autobiographical tale of a young musician’s artistic awakening.
Discover MusicFor Lucy Dacus, the dreamgirl of boygenius, fantasies carry a lessonAnn Powers • Mar 24, 2025Even as the songs on Forever Is a Feeling chronicle a love that's come to fruition in public, Dacus still creates a particular kind of safe space for the fans who delight in swooning with her.
Classic AmericanaClassic Americana: Son HouseMike Pengra and Luke Taylor • Mar 21, 2025Our Classic Americana pick this week highlights foundational blues artist and slide-guitar innovator, Son House.
