News and InterviewsBeyoncé announces new album 'Renaissance'Ashley Pointer and Hazel Cills • Jun 16, 2022The album will be the pop star's first solo studio album in six years.
Discover MusicSongs to believe in: A Juneteenth playlistLara Downes • Jun 16, 2022This Juneteenth, pianist Lara Downes remembers the freedom that has been hard fought and hard won.
Chart ShowThe Chart Show: Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Phoenix Debut Jun 16, 2022New entries from Yeah Yeah Yeahs who have released their first new music in 9 years, “Spitting Off The Edge of the World,” and breaking into the chart at #20 and French band Phoenix’s latest “Alpha Zulu” landing at #17.
News and InterviewsMeghan Stabile, who united jazz and hip-hop, dead at 39Nate Chinen • Jun 15, 2022"We get so stuck on categories and labels that you completely miss the point of really beautiful, authentic forms of art," Stabille told Jazz Night in America in 2015.
News and InterviewsHumbird preps first U.K. and Ireland tour datesLuke Taylor • Jun 15, 2022The folk-tinged singer-songwriter has a number of shows in the Upper Midwest in June before crossing the Atlantic for a series of shows in July, August, and September. “It was a dream of mine,” says Siri Undlin, aka Humbird.
Discover MusicListen to a new single from Beabadoobee, '10:36'Hazel Cills • Jun 15, 2022The latest single from Beabadoobee's forthcoming album has a magnetic, rough-around-the-edges sound with sweetness at its core.
The Morning Show - with Jill RileyCoffee Break: Debut RecordsJill Riley and Rachel Frances • Jun 15, 2022For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs off debut albums do you want to hear?
Discover MusicOn 'Barbarism,' Katie Alice Greer builds a discordant world that's all her ownKerry Cardoza • Jun 15, 2022The former frontperson of punk band Priests delivers an equally jarring and lush solo debut album.
News and InterviewsInterview and Session: MMYYKK and the Blackbeat TheoryDiane • Jun 14, 2022Ahead of their performance at Planet Afropunk Minneapolis on Juneteenth, MMYYKK and the Blackbeat Theory performed a dynamic, dexterous set of three original songs at The Current’s studio.
Discover MusicThe A's, 'He Needs Me'Nisha Venkat • Jun 14, 2022Sylvan Esso's Amelia Meath and Daughter of Swords' Alexandra Sauser-Monnig team up for a kooky, inquisitive and comforting performance.