Tune in or stream The Current on Monday, Feb. 20, for On-Air Fest to hear some of the best Twin Cities live performances we’ve captured over the years.

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs of the Civil Rights Movement do you want to hear?

Desire, I Want to Turn Into You is a natural next step in the adventurous songwriter's series of evolutions, one that embraces ridiculousness and beckons pop towards a rigorous, maximalist sound.

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs about unrequited love do you want to hear?

Trugoy brought skill and care-free charisma to De La Soul's innovative music, which helped to usher in a new age of hip-hop. After years of legal disputes, that music will soon be available again.

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what East Coast hip-hop songs do you want to hear in honor of Trugoy the Dove?

Twin Cities singer-songwriter Haley debuts new material this weekend from her first full-length album since 2018’s Pleasureland. In this interview, she discusses the album’s inspiration, motherhood, and the events ahead.

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs written/composed by Burt Bacharach do you want to hear?

The city of Red Wing, Minnesota, which hosts the Big Turn Music Fest each February, is also home to a nationally esteemed musical instrument repair and building program. Students from around the country — and the world — follow their passion at Minnesota State College Southeast.

This week, we’ve got new music from soul artists Gabriels, bedroom-pop musicmaker Medhanit, U.K. genre masher Bakar, Oz indie-rockers CIVIC, and two Minnesota acts: solo spellbinder Thomas Abban and rock duo Boyish.