The Current highlights 25 Minnesota-made albums and EPs from 2021.

As you plan your holiday gifts this year, make sure you consider giving some love to crafters, creatives, assemblers and makers based here in Minnesota.

Holiday shopping is well underway, but there's still plenty of time to find the perfect treat for your loved ones (or yourself).

Diane highlights some of her favorite songs released by Minnesota artists this year. Part 2 includes folk music from Humbird and Charlie Parr, jazz-R&B from PaviElle and Javier Santiago; and alt-rock from Night Moves and Products.

Hippo Campus play ball, Mati goes for a ride, Gully Boys turn the dial left, Maya Lucia rocks a love shack, and the Scarlet Goodbye wax lyrical.

Plus: Top 89 of 2021 is rolling, First Avenue’s new kicks, and Maria Isa is running for the Minnesota State Senate.

This selection of 89 songs showcases a variety of sounds from artists across Minnesota released in 2021. From classic Americana to punk rock, dance-pop to cutting edge hip-hop, turn on this playlist for any-time-of-day kind of feel. Just be prepared to feel feelings, move your body, and maybe sing a little.

As 2021 comes to a close, we’re looking back to honor the legacies of members of the Minnesota community who died this year.

An enthusiastic crowd welcomed Curtiss A and his all-star band of friends and fellow rock & rollers back to First Avenue for his 42nd tribute show commemorating the anniversary of John Lennon’s death.

The band has released a holiday song ahead of their headlining Winter Ball show at First Avenue on Friday.