Listen to LoochListen to Looch: the story of Bobby KeysMary Lucia • Jan 27, 2021If you love the Rolling Stones, Mary Lucia has a documentary for you: 'Every Night's a Saturday Night: The Bobby Keys Story.' It's all about the Stones' legendary, Texas-born sax player.
Coffee BreakCoffee Break: Blues Jan 27, 2021Both Elmore James and Bobby Bland were born on this day (in 1918 and 1930 respectively). So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what blues songs and artists do you want to hear?
Coffee BreakCoffee Break: Yellen' for JanetJill Riley and Anna Weggel • Jan 26, 2021Yesterday, the Senate confirmed Janet Yellen as the first female Treasury secretary in the country's 232-year history. For today's 9:30 Coffee Break in honor of Yellen's name, what songs do you want to hear that feature yelling, screaming, bellowing, etc.?
Coffee BreakCoffee Break: ButterfliesJill Riley and Anna Weggel • Jan 25, 2021What butterfly songs do you want to hear for today's 9:30 Coffee Break?
ReviewsAlbum of the Week: Arlo Parks, 'Collapsed In Sunbeams'David Safar • Jan 25, 2021Parks captures the sonic heartbeat of downtempo from the 90s with a new distinct voice that will make your ears do a doubletake.
Coffee BreakCoffee Break: The sound of 2005Jill Riley and Anna Weggel • Jan 22, 2021The Current will be celebrating our Sweet 16 on Sunday (look ma! we can drive!), and since we can't celebrate with our normal birthday parties at First Avenue this year we thought we'd take a look back on 2005, the year it all began.
Rock and Roll Book Club'This Thing Called Life' author Neal Karlen on Prince Jan 21, 2021Minnesota journalist Neal Karlen, who interviewed and spoke with Prince many times over the decades, is the author of a new memoir: 'This Thing Called Life: Prince's Odyssey On and Off the Record.'
Coffee BreakCoffee Break: I am womanJill Riley and Anna Weggel • Jan 21, 2021Yesterday, Kamala Harris was sworn into office as our first African American, first Asian American, and first woman Vice President. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear for this momentous occasion?
Rock and Roll Book ClubRock and Roll Book Club: 'Sweet Dreams'Jay Gabler • Jan 21, 2021In a sprawling oral history, Dylan Jones traces all the roads of '80s pop back to Britain's New Romantic subculture: a movement that retained the energy, but not the nihilism, of punk.
Coffee BreakCoffee Break: Inauguration playlistJill Riley and Anna Weggel • Jan 20, 2021For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear from the Biden-Harris inauguration playlist?