News and InterviewsThe Local Show host Diane brings artist's perspective to covering Minnesota music Eleanor Pierce • Sep 8, 2023Starting Sunday, Sept. 10, the weekly show expands to five hours of local coverage from 7 p.m. to midnight.
PhotosPhotos: Faces of MPR Day at the 2023 Minnesota State FairBump Opera • Sep 8, 2023It was a beautiful and balmy day for live music at the Great Minnesota Get-Together on Friday, Sept. 1. Here’s a look at the many highlights of MPR Day at Dan Patch Park, and much more.
News and InterviewsMinneapolis rock photographer Brian D. Garrity on his new book and gallery showMichaelangelo Matos • Sep 8, 2023“I wanted this to look like a documentary, documenting our ’90s,” says Garrity, on ‘Pushed Beyond All Reasonable Limits: The Music Photography of Brian D. Garrity’ out now.
ReviewsThe Pretenders play intimate, fan-centric show at 7th Street EntryJoel Swenson and Steven Cohen • Sep 8, 2023With only about 250 lucky fans in attendance, Thursday’s concert in Minneapolis was by far the tiniest on the band’s run of small-room shows.
The Morning Show - with Jill RileyCoffee Break: Vocal manipulationJill Riley • Sep 8, 2023For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, which songs with creative vocal effects do you want to hear?
WatchLocal Natives perform in The Current studioAyisha Jaffer • Sep 8, 2023While in the Twin Cities to kick off the tour for their latest album, ‘Time Will Wait for No One,’ Local Natives band members Taylor Rice, Ryan Hahn and Kelcey Ayer visited The Current studio in St. Paul to play stripped-down versions of songs from the new record and to chat with host Ayisha Jaffer.
PhotosPhotos: Briston Maroney gives an intimate performance at Sociable Cider WerksNikhil Kumaran • Sep 7, 2023Sociable Cider Werks in northeast Minneapolis hosted the latest Current Happy Hour on Wednesday, Sept. 6. Briston Maroney performed an intimate solo set, and The Current host Jade played a DJ set.
The Morning Show - with Jill RileyCoffee Break: Blended voicesJill Riley • Sep 7, 2023For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, which songs with beautiful harmonies or multiple singers do you want to hear?
News and InterviewsBruce Springsteen cancels concerts, citing peptic ulcerBill Chappell • Sep 7, 2023For decades, conventional wisdom held that peptic ulcers were caused by stress and unhealthy eating habits. But the vast majority are caused by bacteria.
WatchLucius perform in The Current studio Jill Riley • Sep 7, 2023Lucius light up The Current studio with a new song, an older song and a fresh arrangement of a track from their debut full-length album, then stick around to chat with The Current’s Jill Riley. Watch and listen to the full session.