Citing increased rent and a desire to retire, the store’s owners say the business will shutter on July 31.

The pop and R&B singer-songwriter brought the I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy Tour to Minneapolis on Sunday, July 6. He performed with backing band Freak Freely, and the opening act was Sienna Spiro.

There’s a new voice on weekends, a familiar one moving to evenings, and another veteran of The Current taking over a popular weekend program. 

Listeners will hear him every Saturday and Sunday from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. as well as filling in at various times throughout the week.  

Singer-songwriter Gigi Perez talked with The Current’s Morning Show’s Nilufer Arsala about her debut album At the Beach, in Every Life, and her upcoming performance at the Minnesota Yacht Club Festival.

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs from rock legends or pioneers would you like to hear?

Wet Leg deliver a knockout punch as they move into The Chart Show Hall of Fame, exiting the fight at No. 1. Beach Bunny, Doechii, and Billy Strings also reach Hall of Fame status.

The 119-year-old Minneapolis gathering place and music venue Palmer’s Bar announced on social media late Wednesday that its final day of business will be Sept. 14. Palmer’s dates back to 1906.

This Independence Day weekend, let The Current be your soundtrack with A to Z Weekend! From 5 a.m. on Thursday, July 3, until 5 a.m. on Monday, July 7, you can hear the best of The Current’s library from A to Z, alphabetically. Catch songs beginning with every letter from "America" to "American Dreaming," "Free Fallin'" to "Freedom," and "Starburster" to "Stargazing." The ABCs have never sounded better.

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break what disco or disco-inspired songs would you like to hear?