The Morning Show - With Jill RileyCoffee Break: Observing JuneteenthJill Riley and Rachel Frances • Jun 17, 2022For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear to celebrate Juneteenth?
News and InterviewsEurovision winner Ukraine can't host next year's contest because of the warRachel Treisman • Jun 17, 2022Public broadcasters and security experts concluded it's not feasible for the war-torn country to host, organize and produce the event. They're now turning to the U.K., which placed second this year.
News and InterviewsCarbon Sound is a new stream celebrating Black musical expression Jun 16, 2022The Current has launched a new stream and app featuring hip-hop, R&B, Afrobeats, funk, electronica, and more — funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and developed in partnership with KMOJ’s HD2 station, 89.9 The Ice.
The Morning Show - With Jill RileyCoffee Break: Alter EgosJill Riley and Rachel Frances • Jun 16, 2022For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear from musicians with alter egos?
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.
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?
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.